Cipher Neutron and Energy Materials Research Group selected to receive funding

The Advancing Hydrogen — Competition 2 programme is the second round of funding available under the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence, partnered with Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Office of Energy Research and Development and Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) through its Accelerating Hydrogen competition. The centre was announced on 26 April 2022, receiving $50 million in funding from the Government of Alberta as an important delivery mechanism for the policy pillars outlined in the Alberta Hydrogen Roadmap.

Cipher Neutron’s project will activate the centre’s objectives of:

• Developing and deploying hydrogen-focused technologies.
• Strengthening Alberta’s environmental, social, and corporate governance credentials while spurring economic growth.
• Building a sustainable and self-sufficient clean hydrogen economy in Alberta.
• Increasing Alberta’s technology strength in clean hydrogen technology deployment.

ERA, with funding from the Government of Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund, is committing $34.5 million for eight late-stage projects worth approximately $162 million through its Accelerating Hydrogen Challenge. Alberta Innovates is committing $22.5 million for 20 early-stage projects worth approximately $118.8 million through the Hydrogen Centre of Excellence – Competition 2.

The joint project by Cipher Neutron and the University of Alberta, titled 'Advancing Anion Exchange Membrane Electrolyser: 3D Porous De-alloyed Catalysts (3D-CAT) Key to High Power AEM Electrolysers', aims to enhance the efficiency and current density of AEM electrolysers, thus accelerating their development and commercialisation of Cipher Neutron’s AEM Electrolysers on a large scale. 3D-CAT technology will be integrated into AEM electrolysers for large-scale green hydrogen production.

The project aims to achieve the following:

• Achieve highly efficient AEM electrolysers by integrating non-platinum group metals (PGMs) based catalysts, ensuring sustainable green hydrogen production.
• Enhance hydrogen production with over 82% stack-level efficiency.
• Optimise AEM electrolyser design to streamline cell count, enhancing current density for improved performance and cost-effectiveness.

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