Research & Development
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Green Hydrogen-driven Synthetic Aviation Fuel Demonstration Plant Debuts at PSI
Metafuels and PSI have launched an end-to-end Power-to-Liquid demo plant in Villigen, Switzerland, producing 50 L/day of synthetic aviation fuel from…
NEDO & Kyoto University Fast-Track Hydrogen Fuel Cell R&D with BL34XU Beamline
NEDO and Kyoto University are building BL34XU, the world’s first hydrogen-focused beamline at SPring-8-II, to slash R&D cycles and accelerate hydrogen…
Air-bubble Cooled Photovoltaic-Thermal System Improves Green Hydrogen Production Efficiency
Indian researchers demonstrated that injecting air bubbles into a rooftop PVT water loop in Tamil Nadu cuts PV temperature, raises thermal efficiency…
Crystalline polymer catalysts edge closer to efficient green hydrogen production
Engineering the crystallinity of polymer photocatalysts boosts their sunlight-driven hydrogen production activity, potentially making organic catalyst…
Empa’s Proton Highway Project Aims to Boost Green Hydrogen Production
Empa’s Proton highway project uses neutron crystallography and lattice dynamics to unlock faster proton transport in ceramic membranes, aiming to boos…
Hydrogen Storage and Infrastructure: How Ammonia Catalysts Advance Green Hydrogen Production
Prof. Li’s team at PolyU has developed nanostructured cobalt catalysts to crack ammonia into hydrogen more efficiently, powering a fuel cell golf cart…
Hybrid Electrolyzer Optimization Framework
Tianjin University and University of Surrey deploy a hybrid ALK/PEM optimization framework to boost green hydrogen production and grid flexibility in…
HORIBA Launches Standardized Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer Test Stations in China
HORIBA and HORIBA FuelCon have launched four standardized test station models in China covering PEMFC, SOFC, SOEC, PEMEC, and AEMEC to accelerate R&D…
Hydrogen Production Pilot: PX Group and SoHHytec’s Solar-to-H2 Demo in Switzerland
PX Group and SoHHytec launched a pilot project in Switzerland to produce green hydrogen onsite using a proprietary solar-to-hydrogen system, aiming to…
Green Hydrogen Production at UCT: Tackling the Iridium Bottleneck in PEM Electrolysers
Associate Professor Rhiyaad Mohamed at UCT secured an EQT Foundation grant to develop ultra-low-iridium anodes for PEM electrolysers, aiming to reduce…
Green Hydrogen Production from Rainwater: INP Nordenham’s Solar-Driven PEM Demo Joins National WENde Project
INP in Nordenham-Einswarden has launched a solar-driven PEM electrolyser using treated rainwater for green hydrogen and methanol production, now servi…
Switzerland’s H2-Sling: Student-Built Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Readies for Zero-Emission Alpine Flights
A team of ETH Zurich students has developed H2-Sling, a hydrogen fuel cell-powered research aircraft equipped with a 100 kW PEM fuel cell, 700-bar hyd…
Clean hydrogen news: KAIST develops angstrom-scale polymer membrane for hydrogen separation
KAIST’s new angstrom-scale polymer membrane uses Bridge Connectivity Degree to boost hydrogen separation, offering high permeability, selectivity and…
Electrified Lightbulb Reactor Unlocks Hydrogen Production and Industrial Decarbonization
NUS researchers have built a lightbulb-inspired electrified reactor that reaches over 1,200°C in a compact design, demonstrating lab-scale ammonia cra…
Hydrogen Production Breakthrough: Biomass-Derived Carbon Dots Nearly Double Yields
Shenyang Agricultural University researchers used cellulose-derived carbon quantum dots to decorate CdS, nearly doubling visible-light hydrogen produc…
Strain-Engineered Cu₃Pt Catalyst Cuts Platinum by 75% in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cathodes
IMDEA Materials researchers have shown that a strain-engineered Cu₃Pt catalyst on a NiTi substrate delivers Pt-level ORR performance at just 25% of th…
Green Hydrogen Production Breakthrough: Sunlight-Powered Liquid Gallium Splits Seawater
University of Sydney researchers have developed a circular, sunlight-driven liquid gallium process that splits seawater into hydrogen at 12.9% solar-t…
Silver Nanocatalysts Switch Reaction Sites in Solid Oxide Cells
A South Korean research team discovered that silver nanocatalysts in solid oxide cells switch active sites between the Ag–electrode interface in fuel…
Green hydrogen production breakthrough uses steel slag and coal ash to cut costs and capture CO2
Ohio State University researchers have pioneered an integrated process that turns steel slag and coal ash into calcite while lowering electrolysis ene…
Methane-Driven Embrittlement in Nickel Superalloys Demands New Materials for H2-Ready Turbines
New research reveals a methane-driven embrittlement mechanism in nickel-based superalloys at 400 °C under hydrogen exposure, highlighting the need for…