Throughout the hydrogen value chain, a wide range of metallic and non-metallic materials are used to serve many different purposes. Their selection is based on numerous factors, such as material properties, availability, and cost, as well as process conditions and other requirements concerning strength, weight, temperature, pressure, corrosion resistance, conductivity, etc. In this section you can find news items related to the materials used in all equipment associated with water electrolysis, hydrogen transport, storage, and processing. If you would like to see your news release published here and in our email newsletter, please feel free to contact Matjaž Matošec.
In an effort to support growing demand for clean hydrogen generation, Chemours has announced a USD 200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion™ ion exchange materials, to be located at the company’s manufacturing facility in Villers-Saint-Paul, France.
H2U Technologies has demonstrated proton exchange membrane electrolyzer stacks that replace expensive and scarce iridium catalysts with inexpensive and abundant catalyst materials. The company’s electrolyzer stacks leverage readily available catalyst materials to enable cost-effective green hydrogen generation.
Cranfield University has been awarded over £500,000 for a range of manufacturing projects, including three initiatives focused on how materials respond to hydrogen, which could help accelerate the adoption of hydrogen-fuelled engines and assist industries with reaching net zero carbon emissions.
NewHydrogen will further expand the existing sponsored research agreement with UCLA to develop technology to reduce the cost of green hydrogen production. The expanded program scope will include the development of efficient and stable hydrogen production using PEM electrolyzers.
In a serendipitous scientific discovery, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore have found that light can trigger a new mechanism in a catalytic material used extensively in water electrolysis. The result is a more energy-efficient – and potentially revolutionary – method of obtaining hydrogen.
H2U Technologies has announced its patented Catalyst Discovery Engine (CDE), which advances the identification of catalyst alternatives to costly and scarce iridium and other rare platinum group metals (PGM) used in electrolyzers to produce hydrogen.
Researchers have devised a method for combining high-cost platinum and a low-cost rare earth element, lanthanum, as an alloy to serve as a catalyst in the next generation of fuel cells. This development could improve the performance of fuel cells, slash their cost, and make it easier to decarbonize heavy transport that is hard to electrify with batteries.
Chemours has announced a planned USD 200 million investment to increase capacity and advance technology for its Nafion™ ion exchange materials. The investment will support growing demand for green hydrogen production, energy storage, and hydrogen conversion to power fuel cells.
Canadian clean technology company Ionomr Innovations has released its PemionTM hydrocarbon-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) and polymer, marking what it claims to be a revolutionary advance in materials for green hydrogen fuel cell applications for heavy-duty industry.
Fraunhofer LBF has announced a project whose aim is to understand the interaction mechanisms of hydrogen with elastomer materials and to take appropriate measures to make the materials more robust to permeation, adsorption and swelling.
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