Hydrogen4Tomorrow targets the economic production of green hydrogen by coupling hydrogen generation with alternative electrocatalytic anodic transformations to (1) reduce the required energy demand of hydrogen generation and (2) to co-produce valuable chemical products with a suitable sales market. This will both increase the economic viability and minimize the environmental footprint of hydrogen generation, thus, contributing to the establishment of a prosperous European green hydrogen economy.

This project aims at developing an efficient sustainable solution for domestic space heating and hot water supply with an integrated hybrid fuel cell – heat pump system. Utilizing waste heat from the fuel cell, we will deliver an optimized design for the hybrid system, and develop the key element required: a heat exchanging fuel cell electrode with optimized coolant flow path, extracting high heat without reduction in fuel cell safety or efficiency, relying on the design freedom of additive manufacturing. Based on hydrogen, the solution combines effective heat and hot water supply with negligible CO2 emissions.

The chemical industry needs to substitute fossil-based energy and resources by renewable energy and sustainable carbon feedstocks such as CO2 and biomass, to reduce environmentally harmful emissions stemming from fossil-derived carbon. To sustain the production of chemicals and materials that propel modern development, this research consortium of academic institutions, technology providers, and technology end-users will develop durable electrodes and electrochemical processes for conversion of carbon dioxide to platform chemicals based on formaldehyde, while simultaneously upgrading bio-acids into bio-chemicals. We will validate the feasibility of electrodes based on earth-abundant carbon, thus eliminating the necessity of critical elements.