COLLECTIF : Development of current-collecting materials for electrolysis cells using high-throughput and AI methods.
Coordinator: Fabrice MAUVY
ICMCB – CNRS
Keywords: Solid oxide electrolysis, current collection layer, artificial intelligence, combinatorics, autonomous research, high-throughput, innovative materials, energy efficiency, sustainability, advanced characterization, synthesis methodologies
The proposed project, COLLECTIF, aims to study the current collection layer in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) using combinatorial and autonomous high-throughput research approaches. This study is crucial for improving the performance and durability of SOECs, which are key components in green hydrogen production and CO2 conversion technologies. By integrating advanced materials discovery methods with high-throughput screening and artificial intelligence, new materials and structures for the current collection layer will be identified and optimized. This innovative approach will significantly accelerate the development of efficient and sustainable SOECs, contributing to sustainable energy solutions.
The project brings together leading experts and state-of-the-art facilities from the CNRS, CEA, and CentraleSupélec, ensuring a multidisciplinary and comprehensive research effort. Expected results include high-level scientific publications, discoveries of new materials, the development of high-throughput scientific tools, and potential commercialization pathways for improved SOEC technologies.
In this context, CEA-Tech will be tasked with developing thin-film electronic conductive materials and screening their compositions. The materials obtained will then be characterized using several methods at the various partners’ facilities, in particular at the SOLEIL Synchrotron for in situ experiments combining X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. New automated data collection tools and systematic analysis methods will be implemented at the SPMS laboratory at Ecole CentraleSupélec. The best collection materials will then be tested in these SOFC and SOEC cells at ICMCB for electrochemical characterization under real conditions.