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Project
Acronym: PROMETHEAS 
Name: MEMBRANE CELL HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND ELECTROCATALYSIS FOR WATER SPLITTING 
Project status: From: 2002-01-01 To: 2005-12-31 (Completed)
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Type (Programme): FP5 
Instrument: FP5 
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Project coordinator
Organisation Name: Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas 
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Organisation country: Greece 
Contact person name: Dr Stelios G. Neophytides 
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Croatian partner
Organisation name: Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije 
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Contact person name: Prof. Mirjana Metikoš-Hukoivić
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Institute of Chemical Engineering & High Temperature processes Greece 
Short description of project
The main aim, of the present proposal is the development of a novel type membrane cell hydrogen generator which is based on recent achievements and experience in PEM fuel cells and imposes as a target to provide both a compact electrolyzer design and construction and highly electro- catalytically active electrodes, thus resulting in a rather low voltage at high current densities (1.0 A/cm2). The main impact is on the advantages of already existing theoretical bases and practical substantiation of composite electrocatalysts for both hydrogen and oxygen evolution aiming to the development of cheaper electrocatalysts substantially based on non-noble metals for catalytic improvements of classical and still broadly existing water electrolyzers. This project is in accordance with all new trends in Hydrogen economy for clean, sustainable and renewable fuels.  
Short description of the task performed by Croatian partner
The present proposal requires the integration and combination of the existing theoretical knowledge in electrocatalysis and various physicochemical and electrochemical experimental methods, which can be briefly described as follows: 1. Synthesis and Preparation methods of the various composite cathode and anode materials, based on hypo-hyper-d-electronic combinations of transition metals, their salts and/or oxides, with prevailing hyper-d-electronic component, which exhibit a well pronounced synergism in electrocatalysis for both cathodic hydrogen and anodic oxygen evolution. 2. Bulk and surface compositional analysis on sophisticated recently developed methods and apparatus, determination of the structure and morphology of the various prepared electrocatalytic composites. 3. Study and analysis of the electrocatalytic behaviour of the electrode acting surface and the cathode or anode to electrolyte interface electrocatalytic properties by employing modern electrochemical methods for kinetic investigations.  


   

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