• Development of alloys and materials for hydrogen storage, electrode, and catalyst production
• Design of hydrogen tanks
• Finite element simulation, modeling
• Electrochemistry and corrosion
• Hydrogen embrittlement
• Metal forming (casting, rolling, forging, extrusion, welding)
• Additive manufacturing (powder bed laser, directed energy deposition, binder jetting)
• Non-destructive testing
• Metal powders
• Thermal spraying
40M$
• Pressurized hydrogen exposure device
• LECO ONH 836: Hydrogen content measurements of metallic materials
• Hitachi SU-3500 and microanalysis instruments: Analysis and quantification of microstructures
• Gamry potentiostat/galvanostat/ZRA: Electrochemical measurements
• Melting furnaces and molding equipment for aluminum parts production
• Hot and cold rolling mills
• Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry
• Optical emission spectrometry
• Laser powder bed additive manufacturing and directed energy deposition.
• Atomizers
• Plasma spraying, HVOF, and HVOF/H2 projection.
• Nuvolt: Optimization of the aluminum/electrolyte interface for rechargeable aluminum-air batteries.
• Energir and TC Energy: Understanding the potential impact of adding hydrogen to natural gas pipelines in the industrial and port park of Bécancour.
• Nouveau Monde Graphite: An anti-corrosion approach to address contamination issues in graphite products for Li-Ion battery technology, associated with the corrosion of metal installations.
• Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium: Development of a TiFe-based alloy that can be scaled for hydrogen storage applications.
• Hydrogen in Motion: Optimization of tank design for hydrogen storage using advanced materials.
• Production of pyrolytic oil: Purification of syngas to extract hydrogen using metal hydrides, $1,350,000.
• Development of electrode materials and catalysts for Metal-CO2 batteries, $280,000.
• Development and characterization of high-entropy alloys as potential materials for electrodes and catalysts in water electrolyzers for hydrogen production, $85,000.
• Protection of steel against hydrogen embrittlement using HVOF coatings, $85,000.