Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems

Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems

Inkjet manufacturing of CCMs for PEMFC by development of catalytic inks & their deposition

In the course of global undertakings to achieve a CO2-neutral energy economy, the German-Spanish-Czech consortium of the project named IMMENSE targets the UN sustainable development goals (SDG) 7 and 9. In detail, it plans to make impact on the current fuel cell technology by tailoring the catalytic ink and processing it using digital inkjet-printing technology supplementing the currently used analogous processes. The consortium represents experts for material development focussing on tuning interfacial properties. In focus are a flexible design of CCMs, reducing manufacturing costs, experimental characterization and advanced mathematical modelling. A short stack fuel cell demonstrator will validate the new manufacturing technology based on an optimized material system that shows similar performance as conventionally produced fuel cells used for mobile applications, i.e. in a car. To reflect all developments according to market needs, an industrial partner is part of the consortium.

Annual Status Report 2024

On November 5th 2024, IMMENSE team will give a public online presentation (10 - 12 CET) for the industrial community. The purpose of this event is to inform about intermediate results and important achievements of the first two years of the project.

The following achievements in the IMMENSE will be highlighted:

  • Development of novel ionomers for fuel cells
  • Development of novel catalyst for fuel cells
  • Inkjet printing of catalyst inks directly onto membranes
  • Performance evaluation of catalyst coated membranes and cell modelling
  • Market demands and stack optimization

You may simply join the event by following the MS Teams link in the agenda that you can download from this page.

You can contact us through contact page.

4th Project meeting in Berlin, Germany

On October 14th and 15th, 2024, it was the fourth offline meeting of IMMENSE partners. This time it took place in Berlin at the facility of Fraunhofer Forum Berlin. After a fruitful discussion about the results and future project cooperation, all participants enjoyed typical Berlin food in the restaurant "Zur Gerichtslaube”.

Young researcher Award

Alba Gonda Lazkano received the Young researcher Award in the European Material Research Society (eMRS) 2024 Fall meeting held in Warsaw (Poland). Alba was awarded on the topic of “Sustainable materials for chemical and electrochemical energy storage” in her work on “Novel bio-based proton exchange membranes for PEMFCs”. The prize consisted in describing the progress of the PhD and outcomes of it, and in a personal interview. This PhD is part of IMMENSE M-ERA.NET EU project and it is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and Spanish Agencia estatal de investigacion, AEI.

Project Partners

Fraunhofer ENAS
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
ÚJV Řež, a. s.
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Institute for Polymer Materials

European Framework of the IMMENSE Project

The project IMMENSE has been positively evaluated by the M-ERA.NET framework 2021. The duration is July 2022 until June 2025. Each partner is supported by national funding.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 958174.

National Funding of the IMMENSE Project

Czech Republic

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic - TA CR

This project is co-financed from the state budget by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic under the EPSILON Programme within the M.ERA-NET 3 Cofund Call.

Germany (Free State of Saxony)

Sächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst - SMWK

DE: Diese Maßnahme wird mitfinanziert mit Steuermitteln auf Grundlage des vom Sächsischen Landtag beschlossenen Haushaltes.

EN: This project is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon state parliament.

Spain

Agencia Estatal de Investigación