Leading automotive manufacturer order electrodes to be used in fuel cells

This is the second vehicle man­u­fac­turer to show interest in our tech­no­logy and order cus­tom-made pro­to­types accord­ing to their spe­cif­ic needs. If the pro­ject turns out well, we will likely be trus­ted to deliv­er more and lar­ger prototypes.

^{Ellinor Ehrn­berg, Pres­id­ent of Smol­tek Hydrogen}

Smol­tek Hydro­gen has developed a por­ous trans­port elec­trode for the anode in PEM elec­tro­lyz­ers that can sig­ni­fic­antly reduce the amount of iridi­um in an elec­tro­lyt­ic cell, which has res­on­ated around the world. With changes in the basic con­fig­ur­a­tion, the tech­no­logy of the elec­trode can be mod­i­fied so that it can also be used for fuel cell applications. 

Earli­er this year, a world-lead­ing vehicle man­u­fac­turer ordered a cus­tom-made pro­to­type from Smol­tek Hydro­gen for eval­u­ation. Now anoth­er major play­er in the auto­mot­ive industry has placed an order for spe­cially man­u­fac­tured pro­to­types to test in small fuel cells. In this type of eval­u­ation pro­ject, the tech­no­logy is first tested in small cen­ti­meter-sized cells. In the next step, the tech­no­logy is scaled up to a format of 5×5 cm, which is com­mon for eval­u­at­ing the dur­ab­il­ity of the elec­trode through long-term tests.

We offer com­pletely unique solu­tions for both elec­tro­lyz­ers and fuel cells, which means we have high hopes of start­ing more and big­ger pro­jects with this customer.

Ellinor Ehrn­berg