Industry: Chemical Energy Region: Slovenia Transaction Price: USD 1 million Transaction Mode: Equity Investment
Project introduction:
A Slovenian enterprise dedicated to the development of new pem fc modules is a partner of eit-innoenergy, a sustainable energy organization in Europe. During the transition to hydrogen fuel mode, better proton exchange membranes, gas diffusion electrodes and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) are developed, which constitute the center of hydrogen-based fuel cell system design, and will make the cost efficiency and energy density reach a more competitive level compared with the current commonly used energy production methods.
The improved membrane electrode assembly (mea) assembly for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (pem fc) has better catalyst, provides more power with less platinum, and a new production method with more reliability, modularity and lower capital expenditure (capex).
In cooperation with the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, the enterprise developed a cu3 pt alloy core-shell catalyst with ordered pt-skin structure. One of the advantages of pt transition metal alloy catalyst is that its activity is improved due to strain and ligand effect. Compared with similar pt transition metal alloy catalyst, its activity is twice as high due to the ordered shell under the pt skin in its patented catalyst. The company is also launching a gas diffusion electrode product group. These products contain proprietary catalysts, which are deposited on the electrode surface by ink jet to form a thin and uniform layer. Deposition technology can prepare gde with low platinum loading (< 0.01 mg/cm2 pt) on any type of gdl used in pem fuel cells.
Cooperation mode:
New progress in catalysts, polymers and production methods can provide better products to the market.