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The project aims to create a pathway to lower the cost of green hydrogen through the development and commercialisation of the direct solar-to-hydrogen technology.
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This project was selected as part of the competitive Hydrogen R&D Funding Round under the Transformative Research Accelerating Commercialisation (TRAC) Program to rapidly develop the critical technologies required to build a clean, innovative, safe, and competitive hydrogen industry and position Australia as a major player globally. While hydrogen technologies and targets have continued to evolve, R&D investment remains a critical imperative to commercialise clean hydrogen. Projects supported by the Hydrogen R&D Funding Round seek to progress the commercialisation of low cost, clean hydrogen in Australia.
Current renewable hydrogen production approaches using electrolysers encounter multiple energy conversion efficiency losses, culminating in hindered performance and high production costs, limiting green hydrogen’s broad adoption. The Australian National University has developed a laboratory-based direct solar-to-hydrogen (DSTH) system to combat this by combining solar cells and catalytic electrodes in a single module.
This project will allow this DSTH technology to be further developed and evaluated for commercial feasibility. |
