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Catalyst materials

The powder that could cut costs

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Catalysts made of platinum and iridium are still a cost driver in the hydrogen economy. Christian Mohrdieck took over as head of the catalyst manufacturer Pajarito Powder in April and is convinced that his company’s products can reduce the cost of fuel cells by one-fifth.
Ammonia can be produced from “green hydrogen” and then transported over long distances, for example by tanker. How to recover pure hydrogen from ammonia is being investigated in the TransHyDE research alliance “AmmoRef.” To date, there is no technology for reforming ammonia that can be used on a large industrial scale; therefore, among the technological fundamentals, catalyst development is also being researched.
Projektträger Jülich on behalf of the BMBF
New catalyst releases H2 from ammonia

Iron as a cheap catalyst material

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To facilitate and accelerate the recovery of hydrogen from ammonia, researchers from the institute for inorganic chemistry of the university Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) have developed, in its project AmmoRef (duration 04/2021-03/2025), a more active and cost-effective catalyst together with its cooperation partners. The results of this work are retained in the hydrogen lead project (Wasserstoff-Leitprojekt) TransHyDE of the Germany ministry for education and research (BMBF). AmmoRef is one of ten TransHyDE projects that are funded by the BMBF. In it, existing technologies for hydrogen transport are to be improved.