Hydrogen production

Hydrogen Production Technologies Catalogue

Hydrogen can be produced by renewable energy sources (biomass, solar, wind, etc.). There is a wide variety of technological processes that can be used (chemical, biological, electrolytic, photolytic, thermochemical, etc.). Each technology has a degree of development and offers different opportunities and benefits. 

The main objective is to research and develop technologies for low-cost and highly efficient hydrogen production from various renewable sources: 

  • Electrolysis or photoelectrolysis of water using renewable energy 
  • Gasification/Pyrolysis of biomass or organic waste (agricultural, urban or industrial) 
  • Electrochemical and thermochemical decomposition of hydrogen-bearing compounds such as: ammonia, methanol, formic acid and others; and the reforming of methanol, methane, ammonia, bioethanol, biomethane and others. 
3D-printed photocatalysts to generate hydrogen with sunlight 
Solar reactors for hydrogen production from wastewater  
Compact thin-film based electrolyser/SOFC 
Spectroscopic studies of photocatalytic and electrocatalytic reactions 
Application of solar cells as a source of electricity in electrocatalytic reactions
Benchmarking services for PEM and AEM electrolysers 
Catalysts based on abundant and inexpensive metals
Anion exchange membrane electrolyser without noble metals or critical materials for hydrogen production  
Integration of hydrogen with the water and waste sector
Control system for ethanol reformers
Alcohol reformer with catalytic membrane reactor with control system 
Control system for an ammonia decomposition cell
Hydrogen production from ammonia in structured reactors
Generation of hydrogen from wastewater 
High Performance Computing Cluster HPC – JFF
Proton exchange liquid crystal polymers 
Modelling and simulation of gasification processes 
Transformation of biomass to biochar and H2 
Transformation of plastic waste into H2 and fuels  
Transformation of urban and forestry waste to bioplastics 
H2 production from urban and forestry waste  
Integration of microfluidic reactors and photoelectrocatalysis for the efficient generation of hydrogen: production, study, optimisation and applications
Photocatalysts active under visible light for photoreforming of waste
Microwave plasma pyrolysis / gases 
Microwave plasma pyrolysis / waste
Microwave plasma/water pyrolysis 
Development of photochemical components and devices to integrate hydrogen production with wastewater treatment  
Processes for the recovery of CRM and other materials from brines 
Water treatments for electrolysis 
PEM technology development and testing laboratory  
CFD, thermal and electrochemical simulation of electrolysers and cells  
Engineering coatings for fuel cells and electrolysers  
Design of bipolar plates made with different technologies
Printed membranes and electrodes  
CFD simulation, thermal and chemical kinetics of volumetric reactions
Reactor, gasification, pyrolysis and combustion chamber design
Synthesis of catalysts from waste 
Experimental evaluation of the feasibility of catalytic thermochemical waste treatment for H2 production