CIC energiGUNE to develop new sustainable materials for decoupled electrolysers through the READER project.

CIC energiGUNE is working on the development of new sustainable materials for decoupled electrolysers that would facilitate the efficient and safe production of green hydrogen through the READER project. This would lead to a reduction in manufacturing costs and in Europe's dependence on critical materials through the use of platinum-group metal-free catalysts.

The Basque technology centre will design a new concept of high-performance and durable decoupled electrolyser based on organic redox mediators which could potentially become an efficient and more economical alternative to the current and scarce critical metal-based catalysts.

The project will run for 42 months and has been included in the ‘Knowledge Generation Projects’ funding programme of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. The research work is being conducted entirely at the Basque research centre under the direction of Paramaconi Rodriguez, Ikerbasque Professor and Head of the Electrochemical Hydrogen Technologies Research Group at CIC energiGUNE, and by Dr Eduardo Sánchez, project co-director and researcher in the field of electrochemical energy storage at CIC energiGUNE.

Source: CIC energiGUNE