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Technische Universität München
Technische Universität München

Ongoing Project in PEM-FC Research

MORELife - MATERIAL, OPERATING STRATEGY AND RELIABILITY OPTIMISATION FOR LIFETIME IMPROVEMENTS IN HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS

In MORELife, common degradation issues based on real life heavy-duty application data are identified in order to develop specific accelerated stress tests, with the aim to obtain reliable lifetime projections for the required 30,000h of operation. These will be will applied to guide key improvements at the materials and operation strategies level that are consistent with the requirements for heavy-duty applications.

Funding: The MORELife project has received funding from the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under Grant Agreement No 101007170. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research.

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Duration: September 01, 2021 – August 31, 24

Website: https://morelife-info.eu/

Contact: Leonardo Astudillo, Franziska Hnyk

 

PEGASUS project is exploring a promising route towards the removal of Pt and other critical raw materials (CRM) from PEMFC by non-critical elements & structures enabling efficient and stable electrocatalysis for PEMFC application.  The overall aim of PEGASUS is to bring up the experimental proof of concept for novel catalysts materials & structures with the technical and economic targets.

Funding: The Pegasus project has received funding from the Fuel cell and Hydrogen joint undertakeing. This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programm, Hydrogen Europe and Hydrogen Europe Research.

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Duration: February 01, 2018 – July 31, 2021

Website: https://www.pegasus-pemfc.eu

Contact: Yan-Sheng Li

The POREForm project is based on the development and characterization of new catalysts with optimized properties and the testing of its use in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) during long-term operation in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). The main subject of our work covers the testing of MEAs with these optimized catalyst layers using accelerated stress tests (ASTs) to ensure its operability for industrial relevant subjects

Funding: BMWi (Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy)

Partner:

  • Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (HIERN)
  • Jülich Research Centre (FZJ)
  • Max-Planck Institute for Cole Research (MPI KOFO)
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
  • Technical University of Darmstadt (TUD)
  • Umicore AG
  • IBU-tec

Duration: October 01, 2020 – September 30, 2023

Contact: Roberta Della Bella

PROTECT - Performance-Recovery Strategy & Advanced Control for Efficient Fuel Cell Operation

The Chair of Technical Electrochemistry (as part of PROTECT) has the following goals:

  • Quantification of performance losses in PEM FCs due to degradation protocols
  • Optimized control strategies to reduce irreversible component degradation
  • Investigation of reversible performance losses and development of cell recovery strategies

Funding: FFG, AVL

Partner:

  • AVL
  • TU Wien
  • TU Graz

Contact: Leonardo I. Astudillo

In collaboration with Robert Bosch GmbH, this research project investigates the feasibility of employing Pt-alloy cathode catalysts in PEM fuel cells for heavy duty vehicle applications. Large freight trucks require exceptional fuel efficiency and system lifetimes (> 30,000 hours) to minimize total cost of ownership and would thus profit from the increased oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt-alloy catalysts. However, dissolution of the alloying element leads to premature performance decay at odds with the high lifetime requirements for such systems. This project scope includes method development to study Pt-alloy catalyst degradation, accelerated stress testing and mitigation concepts.

Funding: Robert Bosch GmbH

Duration: November 01, 2022 – October 31, 2025

Contact: Markus Schilling

 

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