The HydroGEN Advanced Water Splitting Materials consortium aimed to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration of advanced water splitting technologies for hydrogen production.
HydroGEN was a consortium of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories that addressed advanced water splitting materials challenges by making unique, world-class national lab capabilities in photoelectrochemical, solar thermochemical, and low- and high-temperature electrolytic water splitting more accessible to academia, industry, and other national labs.
Led by the National Laboratory of the Rockies, the HydroGEN consortium included Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Idaho National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. HydroGEN was funded by DOE's Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office in the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.
HydroGEN facilitated collaborations between federal laboratories, academia, and industry. The consortium was guided by a steering committee with representatives from each member lab and DOE. The steering committee also worked with interested users to clarify the capabilities offered by the consortium and help identify capabilities relevant to a given research project.
HydroGEN leveraged other national lab consortia launched under DOE's Energy Materials Network (EMN) and supported the Materials Genome Initiative and advanced manufacturing priorities. The EMN consortia were launched to make unique, world-class capabilities at the national laboratories more accessible to industry and academia, facilitating collaborations intended to expedite the development of advanced materials.