UHasselt: Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC) / Group of Electrochemical Engineering

General expertise of the research group

Electrochemical engineering

• Porous electrode design & characterization
• Kinetics & charge transport
• Electrochemical characterization
• Mathematical modelling
• Aging and post-mortem analysis

Specific hydrogen- related expertise & research topics

• PEM water electrolyzer
  • MEA preparation and optimization
  • Polarization and aging tests
  • Electrochemical characterization and physics-based modelling

Available equipment/tools:

• MEA preparation: Mixing, Coating, hot press
• Mercury porosimeter
• 500W PEM water electrolyzer automatic test station
• Electrochemical characterization: Potentio- and Galvano-static + EIS

Participating in FL/B/EU funded projects with H2 related research:

• CleanH2 (BOF)

Main relevant publications

1. ‘A techno-economic evaluation of solar-powered green hydrogen production for sustainable energy consumption in Belgium’, N Srettiwat, M Safari, H Olcay, R Malina, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023) 48 (100), 39731-39746
2. ‘Bridging the microstructural evolutions from slurry to porous electrode of a lithium-ion battery’, H Hamed, Z Alamooti, A Agrawal, J D’Haen, A Hardy, M Safari, Energy Chemistry (2023) 84, 329-334.
3. ‘Non‐Uniform Distribution of Current in Plane of Large‐Area Lithium Electrodes’, S Yari, MK Van Bael, A Hardy, M Safari, Batteries & Supercaps (2022) 5 (10), e202200217.