Hydrogen fuel cell catalysts achieve mass production as prices fall

According to the new energy and material chemistry laboratory of the institute ofspecial energy and new energy technology of tsinghua university, the problem of industrialized production of key materials and catalysts for fuel cells has been overcome by the joint research and development team of hydrogen fuel cell laboratory of tsinghua university and a technology company in wuhan. At present, the catalyst has 17 patents, the production capacity of 1200 grams per day, and the price is only half of the imported products.

As the core material of fuel cell, the comprehensive performance of catalyst is directly related to the core competitiveness and industrialization prospect of fuel cell technology in China. However, relevant intellectual property rights have always been in the hands of a few developed countries in the west, and the high cost status of long-term dependence on import of catalyst core materials restricts the independent development of China's hydrogen industry.

In 2015, tsinghua university and wuhan Himalayan optoelectronic technology co., ltd. carried out an in-depth cooperation between the university and the enterprise, and jointly used the catalyst preparation process of tsinghua university to carry out the mass production technology of Pt/C catalyst. At present, the catalyst production capacity reaches 1200 grams/day, which can meet the use of 40 36kW fuel cell reactors, and has the conditions for large-scale industrial production. The result is a complete break with the long-standing monopoly of a few countries on the technology, and the price is only half that of similar imported products.

Catalyst series products have been used in fuel cell reactors of cas, universities and many fuel cell companies. By the end of this year, 1,000 hydrogen fuel cells could be produced using the catalyst.

Wang cheng, head of the team and director of the hydrogen fuel cell lab at tsinghua university, said the next step for the team is to continue to improve the indicators of catalysts, improve the tolerance of sulfide, nitride and other impurities, and continuously inject strong power into the localization of fuel cells in China.

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