The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) and the Hydrogen from Next-generation Electrolyzers of Water (H2NEW) consortium hosted the Advanced Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyzers workshop (H2-AMP) on March 30–31, 2022. This workshop supports the DOE's Hydrogen Energy Earthshot to reduce the cost of hydrogen by 80% and the Clean Hydrogen Electrolysis Program established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
This meeting brought together leading PEM electrolyzer experts from academia, national laboratories, and industry to present on R&D opportunities in novel materials, industry needs, and more, to achieve future cost targets. In addition, there was in-depth discussion on a range of topics including novel oxygen evolution catalysts, membranes, interfaces and porous transport layers, and bipolar plates and coatings. This workshop emphasized developing advanced materials for PEM electrolyzers to achieve $2/kg H2 by 2026 and paving the way toward meeting the Hydrogen Shot goal of $1 per 1 kilogram in one decade.
Contact h2AMP@ee.doe.gov with inquiries.