Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells has been awarded a number of contracts from the European Union, the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry and the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in major worldwide R&D programmes. These programmes support underlying fundamental technology developments, the establishment of critical supply chain partnerships, and demonstration of our advanced technologies in practical applications by leading stack and system developers.
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Some of our current key programmes include:
- A $5.77 million grant from the US DoE to Arkema and its partners, including JMFC and UTC Fuel Cells, to develop and demonstrate a radically new, low cost and durable membrane and MEA.
- A £3.27 million grant from the UK DTI to JMFC and its partners, Technical Fibre Products Ltd, Intelicoat Ltd, Primasil Ltd and MAST Carbons Ltd, to develop and evaluate novel design approaches, materials and production processes for MEAs, with a view to achieving lower production costs to help developers to meet the challenging cost targets for fuel cells in large-scale automotive applications.
- A €8.81 million grant from the EU awarded to Volvo and partners including Daimler Chrysler, Renault, Volkswagen, Central Research Fiat, Nuvera Fuel Cells and JMFC, entitled "Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies for Road Transport" (HyTRAN). JMFC is respsonsible for MEA development for Nuvera's latest design advanced 80kW hydrogen fuelled automotive stack, and MEA development for a 5kW diesel-fuelled APU stack for Daimler Chrysler, utilising JMFC's novel ultra-high CO tolerant anode catalyst technology. JMFC is also undertaking the development of the catalysts and coatings for diesel fuel reforming.
