Production, use and storage of hydrogen (PUSH)

Research Project, 2020 – 2025

The main goal of this research centre is to address scientific and technical hurdles impeding the widespread use of hydrogen in sustainable energy systems, by combining activities on production, storage and distribution, and use of hydrogen in a single coordinated research activity. The planned activities include: - Polymer membrane electrolytic cells based on new classes of alkaline membranes, enabling the use of abundant catalyst material and better adopted to respond to fast load changes. - Liquid organic hydrogen carriers which will have a complementing role to pressurised hydrogen gas due to their ease to store and distribute. - Proton exchange membrane fuel cells operating at enhanced temperatures. Cross-cutting activities on system studies, membranes, catalysts, bipolar plates and durability will link the focus areas and assure collaborations between doctoral students, postdocs, researchers and research teams. Essential for the success of the project are also the activities concerning management, dissemination and a doctoral network. 8 PhD students and 3 postdocs will be trained in the centre. The multidisciplinary consortium is composed of seven different research groups active at four universities and one research institute in Sweden. Within the consortium there is access to laboratories with a large number of advanced research facilities, instruments, test cells, reactors and methods, and experienced personnel.