Symposium FD
Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis: Materials and Technology Challenges
Conveners:
Antonino ARICO’, ITAE-CNR, Italy (Programme Chair)
Marta BOARO, Università di Udine, Italy
Members:
Scott A. BARNETT, Northwestern University, USA
Dario R. DEKEL, Technion, Israel
Vito DI NOTO, University of Padua, Italy
Juergen FLEIG, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Marie-Laure FONTAINE, SINTEF, Norway
Andreas FRIEDRICH, DLR, Germany
Teruhisa HORITA, AIST, Japan
Frederic JAOUEN, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
Hasuck KIM, Seoul National University, South Korea
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Xingbo LIU, West Virginia University, USA
Manfred MARTIN, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Norbert MENZLER, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
Subhash C. SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Stephen SKINNER, Imperial College London, UK
Albert TARANCON, ICREA, Spain
Panagiotis TSIAKARAS, University of Thessaly, Greece
Jan VAN HERLE, EPFL, Switzerland
Andre WEBER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Alexey YAREMCHENKO, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Antonino ARICO’, ITAE-CNR, Italy (Programme Chair)
Marta BOARO, Università di Udine, Italy
Members:
Scott A. BARNETT, Northwestern University, USA
Dario R. DEKEL, Technion, Israel
Vito DI NOTO, University of Padua, Italy
Juergen FLEIG, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Marie-Laure FONTAINE, SINTEF, Norway
Andreas FRIEDRICH, DLR, Germany
Teruhisa HORITA, AIST, Japan
Frederic JAOUEN, Institut Charles Gerhardt, France
Hasuck KIM, Seoul National University, South Korea
Cheng-Xin LI, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Xingbo LIU, West Virginia University, USA
Manfred MARTIN, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Norbert MENZLER, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany
Subhash C. SINGHAL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Stephen SKINNER, Imperial College London, UK
Albert TARANCON, ICREA, Spain
Panagiotis TSIAKARAS, University of Thessaly, Greece
Jan VAN HERLE, EPFL, Switzerland
Andre WEBER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Alexey YAREMCHENKO, University of Aveiro, Portugal
The list of Invited Speakers will be available at the end of July 2025
The need to address the Climate Change and its related issues by individuating both near- and especially long-term solutions is now becoming urgent. The main approach requires to radically lower green-house gases (GHG) emissions in the shortest time to avoid major climate impact.
Achieving the required energy transition would need developing clean hydrogen technologies at large scale. Clean hydrogen is widely considered as an appropriate energy vector for sustainable development and, especially, it can allow for a deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry.
Accordingly, a wide use of clean hydrogen mediating between renewable energy sources and final uses constitutes a crucial step towards enabling the decarbonisation of the energy system and encouraging the pursuit of climate neutrality. The technological areas relating to the clean hydrogen are numerous and to encourage homogeneous and widespread penetration. Electrolysis and fuel cells operating at high, intermediate and low temperature can provide solutions to address the different challenges for clean hydrogen production and utilisation.
The International Symposium “Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis: Materials and Technology Challenges”, through the contribution of experiences coming from several different disciplines, will focus on major advances in materials science, process and technology development, processing and device manufacturing of the different electrolysis and fuel cells technologies.
Original papers are solicited on all types of electrolysers and fuel cells. Of particular interest are recent developments of advanced materials, novel processes, novel stack designs, emerging electrochemical cell technologies including co-electrolysis of CO2 and water, fuel cells for automotive, portable, and CHP applications, optimization and breakthroughs in performance and durability, protocols for testing these electrochemical systems and field-testing activities for technology validation at different TRLs. Reviews of the state-of-the-art electrolysers and fuel cells performance and durability for specific applications, including consumer devices, electric vehicles, distributed energy systems and the hard-to abate sector may also be submitted.
Achieving the required energy transition would need developing clean hydrogen technologies at large scale. Clean hydrogen is widely considered as an appropriate energy vector for sustainable development and, especially, it can allow for a deep decarbonisation of transport, buildings, and industry.
Accordingly, a wide use of clean hydrogen mediating between renewable energy sources and final uses constitutes a crucial step towards enabling the decarbonisation of the energy system and encouraging the pursuit of climate neutrality. The technological areas relating to the clean hydrogen are numerous and to encourage homogeneous and widespread penetration. Electrolysis and fuel cells operating at high, intermediate and low temperature can provide solutions to address the different challenges for clean hydrogen production and utilisation.
The International Symposium “Fuel Cells and Water Electrolysis: Materials and Technology Challenges”, through the contribution of experiences coming from several different disciplines, will focus on major advances in materials science, process and technology development, processing and device manufacturing of the different electrolysis and fuel cells technologies.
Original papers are solicited on all types of electrolysers and fuel cells. Of particular interest are recent developments of advanced materials, novel processes, novel stack designs, emerging electrochemical cell technologies including co-electrolysis of CO2 and water, fuel cells for automotive, portable, and CHP applications, optimization and breakthroughs in performance and durability, protocols for testing these electrochemical systems and field-testing activities for technology validation at different TRLs. Reviews of the state-of-the-art electrolysers and fuel cells performance and durability for specific applications, including consumer devices, electric vehicles, distributed energy systems and the hard-to abate sector may also be submitted.
Session Topics
FD-1 Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) and Electrolysers (SOECs)
- High and intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells
- High and intermediate temperature solid oxide electrolysers
- Reversible solid-oxide fuel cells
- Materials issues in solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysers
- Oxygen ion, proton and mixed conductors: conduction mechanisms
- Ceramic and metallic interconnects; sealing materials
- Mechanical and thermal properties; Surface and interface reactions
- New frontiers in solid oxide fuel cells
- Additive manufacturing, automated stack assembling, 3D printing t.
- SOFC & SOEC cell and stack design, electrochemical performance, reliability, degradability, fuel versatility
- Modelling of materials, devices and processes
FD-2 Proton-conducting Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and Electrolysers (PEMWEs)
- New and improved proton-conducting polymer membranes including fluorine-free membranes
- Hybrid organic-inorganic materials, polyaromatic polymers, nanocomposites….
- Electrode materials and electrocatalysts
- Electrode membrane assembly
- PEM FC stacks for automotive & stationary generation
- Modelling of materials, fuel cell and electrolysers performance & durability
- Advanced alkaline fuel cells and eletrolysers
- Novel and improved anion-conducting polymer membranes
- Electrode materials and electrocatalysts
- Electrode membrane assembly
- AFCs, AEMFCs, AELs, AEMWEs cells and stacks
- Modelling of materials, fuel cells and electrolysers performance & durability
FD-4 Direct Fuel Cells & e-Fuels production
- Electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation
- Methanol/ethanol tolerant cathode electrocatalysts
- Non-noble metal catalysts
- Methanol/ethanol impermeable membranes
- Direct methanol and direct ethanol FCs for portable and assisted power unit (APU) applications
- High & low temperature CO2-water co-electrolysis and e-fuels production
- Direct oxidation of renewable organic fuels in high temperature fuel cells
- Direct ammonia fuel cells
FD-5 State-of-the-art application engineering and demonstrations
- Combined heat and power (CHP)
- Distributed power generation
- Transport
- Portable power
- Demonstration of high temperature fuel cell & electrolysis systems and field testing
- Demonstration of PEMFC & PEMWE systems and field testing
- Testing protocols