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ArticleSmall methods2026

Towards High-Throughput Testing of Bipolar Plate Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers: Correlative Contact Resistance and Stability Analysis.

Lena Fiedler, Andreas Körner, George Pätzold, Elaheh Akbarnejad, Alan Savan, Simon Thiele, Dominik Dworschak, Alfred Ludwig, Karl J J Mayrhofer, Andreas Hutzler

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Article in Small methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Lena FiedlerHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-1850
Andreas KörnerHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8679-8743
George PätzoldHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3248-3430
Elaheh AkbarnejadMaterials Discovery and Interfaces, Institute for Materials, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9089-5642
Alan SavanMaterials Discovery and Interfaces, Institute for Materials, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0559-3290
Simon ThieleHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-2752
Dominik DworschakHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-767X
Alfred LudwigMaterials Discovery and Interfaces, Institute for Materials, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2802-6774
Karl J J MayrhoferHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-0431
Andreas HutzlerHelmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-707X

Funding

European Union under ERC Synergy grant DEMI 101118768German Ministry for Research, Technology and Aeronautics (BMFTR) 03HY103HGerman Research Foundation 506711657-SFB1625
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bipolar plates (BPP) are a major cost driver in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers for green hydrogen production that require replacement with more cost-effective materials. However, novel materials must combine high corrosion resistance and low dissolution rates with low interfacial contact resistance (ICR). Herein, we introduce a correlative workflow for determining electrochemical dissolution using a scanning flow cell coupled on-line to an inductively coupled plasma spectrometer and ICR, utilizing a novel miniaturized ICR setup with a sample diameter of 2 mm. The applicability of the setup is demonstrated using titanium (Ti), for which the ICR is found to increase depending on the applied oxidation potential. Furthermore, automated ICR mapping across pristine Ti sheets with a platinum (Pt) coating featuring a thickness gradient reveals a pronounced ICR decrease when the Pt layer exceeds ∼3.8 ± 1.4 nm

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corrosiondissolutioninterfacial contact resistanceplatinum coatingswater electrolysis

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PMID42693746
PMCPMC13646020

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