Combinatorial Design of Novel Bipolar Plate Coatings for Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzers

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Founders Grotesk Regular&quot;, &quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="color: #333333">The Code-PEM project aims to contribute to the development of electrochemical reactors for hydrogen generation, through novel design and implementation solutions, optimized in terms of cost and weight, respectively with an improved reliability of the main component - &nbsp;the bipolar plate of electrolyzers with proton-exchanging membranes</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Founders Grotesk Regular&quot;, &quot;sans-serif&quot;"><span style="color: #333333">The development of optimized components for hydrogen generation proposed in the project contributes to the promotion of sustainable, environmentally friendly solutions that allow the replacement of combustion systems with fuel cells based on chemical reactions, which produce only water and heat as reaction products.</span></span></span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Based on the CoDe-PEM Project's results and implications in hydrogen energy, a new EEA project, Romanian Network for New Energy Solutions – RONNES, was funded and implemented, aiming to use Norwegian experience in hydrogen energy to stimulate Romanian society to embark on a coherent and coordinated effort to promote green energy. This was achieved by engaging the public, including university and high school students, in an awareness campaign and by creating an environment for training in the field of New Energy Solutions, also mentioning the more scientifically dedicated activities of the CoDe-PEM Project. Through a strong collaborative partnership, our CoDe-PEM Project contributed to the strengthening of bilateral relations between the Romanian partner, Politehnica University Timisoara, and the Norwegian partner, SINTEF AS. It was a multidisciplinary project involving researchers with complementary backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, and Engineering, all working together toward the goal of identifying affordable combinations of substrate-coating for the fabrication of bipolar plates for PEM electrolyzers.

Project partners

• SINTEF AS Donor project partner· Norway