Nel and its partners have received approximately US$90 million from the US Department of Energy (DoE) for seven research and development projects. Nel is the leading partner on one of the projects. About 10% of the work under the R&D programmes will be undertaken by Nel.
“We are thankful for the support from the DoE, which will help accelerate our research and development while solving key challenges for the future of the hydrogen industry,” said Nel’s Vice President for Research and Development, Kathy Ayers.
The DoE has awarded funding to the following projects in which Nel is one of the partners:
- Low-Cost, Clean AEM Electrolysis through Transport Property Understanding, Manufacturing Scale-up, and Optimisation of Electrodes and Their Interfaces (Nel in lead).
- Advanced Porous Transport Layer Design and Manufacturing for PEM Electrolysers.
- Durable, Low-Cost, Manufacturable AEM Electolyser Components.
- Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalyst Scale-Up and Validation for Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysers.
- Precious-Metal Free Coatings for PPG PTL Assemblies.
- High Performance non-PFSA Membranes for Next-Generation Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolysers.
- H2CIRC: Circular Recycling for the Hydrogen Economy.