The central topic of HyThrougGen is the significant acceleration of development cycles for PEMWE through the consistent use of high-throughput processes for material testing, component manufacturing and full-cell testing. In the future, the methods and processes to be developed should make it possible to evaluate promising materials and components for suitability in water electrolysis within 2 to 3 years instead of the usual 10 years.
The aim of the subproject in HyThroughGen is to develop a high-throughput procedure for the evaluation of a large number of engineered full cells in which the components/selected materials developed in other subprojects, here primarily MEAs, are tested. The evaluation will be based on the performance as well as the aging of the materials. Electrochemical measurement methods that have already been validated will be unified and applied in a linking manner, and adapted and extended to describe aging phenomena. A phenomenological model on the cell level is used to support the aging investigation. The project includes automated data evaluation and analysis.