Overview
Profile:
Cheng Lyu is currently a PhD student supported by funding from China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarship. Cheng Lyu is currently working in the energy storage group in University of Exeter with the focus of the development of low-cost HER catalyst for green hydrogen production for anion exchange membrane (AEM) water electrolyser. Equipped with the zero-gap design, AEM water electrolysers shall reach a higher efficiency of hydrogen production. Different from proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysers, AEM allows the employment of low-cost transition metal-based catalysts for its less corrosive working condition. The development and employment of low-cost HER catalysts in place of platinum group metal helps to reduce the cost for hydrogen production as well as improving the efficiency of water electrolysis.
Cheng is focusing on the preparation of Ni-S based HER catalyst via electrodeposition method and hydrothermal method. Ni-S based catalysts have shown a promising HER catalytic performance in alkaline environment. Optimization of the composition and operating conditions are carried out to further improve the performance. During this period, rotating disk electrode and microelectrodes are employed for a better characterization of the electrochemical properties. Instead of just focusing on the half-cell performance, full cell tests are also to be carried out to simulate the actual working conditions to obtain stability data.
Qualifications:
- MSc Nonferrous Metallurgy, Zhengzhou University, China, 2021
- BEng Metallurgy Engineering, Northeastern University, China, 2017
Publications
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2024
- Corbin J, Jones M, Lyu C, Loh A, Zhang Z, Zhu Y, Li X. (2024) Challenges and progress in oxygen evolution reaction catalyst development for seawater electrolysis for hydrogen production, RSC Advances, volume 14, pages 6416-6442, DOI:10.1039/d3ra08648h.
- Li X, Cao J, Chen J, Zhu Y, Jones M, Lyu C, Corbin J, Li X. (2024) UV-induced Synthesis of Graphene Supported Iridium Catalyst with Multiple Active Sites for Overall Water Splitting, Advanced Functional Materials, DOI:10.1002/adfm.202313530.
2023
- Li X, Corbin J, Lyu C, Jones M. (2023) Where green hydrogen production increasingly meets academia: A perspective on current research efforts from the University of Exeter, H2 View - ReView 2022/23, pages 74-75.
2021
- Yuan R, Lv C, Wan H, Li S, Che Y, Shu Y, He J, Song J. (2021) Electrochemical behavior of vanadium ions in molten LiCl-KCl, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, volume 891, pages 115259-115259, article no. 115259, DOI:10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115259. [PDF]
- Lv C, Li S, Che Y, Chen H, Shu Y, He J, Song J. (2021) Study on the molybdenum electro-extraction from MoS2 in the molten salt, Separation and Purification Technology, volume 258, pages 118048-118048, article no. 118048, DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118048. [PDF]
- Lv C, Jiao H, Li S, Che Y, Li S, Liu C, He J, Song J. (2021) Liquid zinc assisted electro-extraction of molybdenum, Separation and Purification Technology, volume 279, pages 119651-119651, article no. 119651, DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119651. [PDF]
2020
- Lv C, Song J, Che Y, Shu Y, He J. (2020) The Chemical Stability of MoS2 in Chloride Eutectic Molten Salt, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series, Springer International Publishing, 117-128, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-36556-1_11. [PDF]
