Joint Seminar
Development of Self-supported Porous Electrocatalysts for Alcohol-assisted Energy-saving Hydrogen Production
Speaker:
Dr. Farhan Arshad
Joint Seminar: IRC-HTCM, Physics Department King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Date: Monday, 17 March 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Bldg. 6/Room 125
Abstract:
Electrochemical water splitting is a very sustainable and promising process for hydrogen fuel production in which two half-reactions are involved: oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Although water splitting is a well-established technology, there are still several limitations for large-scale applications, such as the large overpotential required for OER, the unavoidable mixing of oxygen gas with hydrogen, and the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Alcohol-assisted electrocatalytic water splitting is a promising approach to overcome the challenges of water splitting while also producing high-value chemicals and energy-efficient hydrogen fuel. We developed a simple, ultrafast, single-step bubble templating electrodeposition process to fabricate mono-metallic and multi-metallic interconnected porous electrodes. Benefiting from the unique compositions and microstructures, large surface area with high active sites, tunable infrastructure, and profiting electrolyte accessibility, these interconnected porous materials demonstrated excellent electrocatalytic activities, selectivity, and stability for integrating selective methanol oxidation to formate/formic acid and energy-saving hydrogen production in alkaline conditions.
Biography:
Dr. Farhan Arshad is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in IRC-HTCM at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He completed his PhD at Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. During his PhD, he worked on “Development of Self-supported Porous Electrocatalysts for Alcohols-assisted Energy-saving Hydrogen Production.” Dr. Farhan has published his research work in well-reputed international journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and ACS Energy & Fuels.
All faculty, researchers and students are invited to attend.