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HIGHLANDER

HIGH performing uLtrA-durable membraNe electroDe assEmblies for tRucks

Grant period2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
Funding bodyEuropean Union
Call numberHORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-1
Grant number101101346
IdentifierG:(EU-Grant)101101346

Note: The objective of HIGHLANDER is to develop membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDV) with disruptive, novel components, targeting stack cost and size, durability, and fuel efficiency. The project will design, fabricate, and validate the HDV MEAs at cell and short stack level against heavy-duty relevant accelerated stress test and load profile test protocols. The unique approach of HIGHLANDER is to develop core fuel cell components in tandem, ensuring their greatest compatibility and lowest interface resistance: ionomer and reinforcement, catalyst and catalyst support, catalyst layer composition and property gradient in tune with the bipolar plate flow-field geometry. Materials screening efforts will be supported by the development and use of improved predictive degradation models bridging scales from reaction sites to cell level. Model parameterisation is implemented using experimental characterisation data at materials, component, and cell level. HIGHLANDER brings together a European supply chain of fuel cell materials and components producers and an OEM stack developer that makes this approach possible. HIGHLANDER aims to bring about a significant reduction in stack cost and fuel consumption through improvement of catalyst coated membrane performance and development of a new, lower cost single-layer gas diffusion layer. It will aim to achieve the 1.2 W/cm² at 0.65 V performance target at 0.3 g Pt/kW or below, meeting a lifetime target of 20,000 h. Sustainability considerations include benchmarking of fluorine-free membranes for HDV MEA application and re-use of platinum in the context of a circular economy.
   

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Linking Local Reaction Environment to Catalyst Layer Degradation in PEM Fuel Cells
Umbrella Symposium 2025, AachenAachen, Germany, 9 Dec 2025 - 11 Dec 20252025-12-092025-12-11 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Modelling the Influence of the Local Reaction Environment on Degradation and Performance Loss in Catalyst Layers of PEM Fuel Cells
EFCF 2025, LuzernLuzern, Switzerland, 1 Jul 2025 - 4 Jul 20252025-07-012025-07-04 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Investigating the Role of Ionomer Distribution on Catalyst Stability in PEM Fuel Cells
ModVal 2025 - 21st Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, KarlsruheKarlsruhe, Germany, 10 May 2025 - 12 May 20252025-05-102025-05-12 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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D2.2: BASIC PARAMETERISATION STRATEGY FOR THE INTEGRATED MODEL
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Multi-Scale Modeling of Catalyst Degradation in PEM Fuel Cells: Understanding the Influence of Ionomer and Local Reaction Environment
Gordon Research Conference Fuel Cells, Smithfield, RISmithfield, RI, USA, 28 Jul 2024 - 2 Aug 20242024-07-282024-08-02 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Modeling the Impact of Ionomer on Performance and Degradation in Catalyst Layers of PEM Fuel Cells
75th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, MontrealMontreal, Canada, 18 Aug 2024 - 23 Aug 20242024-08-182024-08-23 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Unraveling the Influence of Ionomer on Catalyst Layer Degradation in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach
ModVal 2024 - 20th Symposium on Modeling and Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies, BadenBaden, Switzerland, 13 Mar 2024 - 14 Mar 20242024-03-132024-03-14 BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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D2.1: BASIC VERSION OF PERFORMANCE-DEGRADATION MODELLING FRAMEWORK FINISHED AND IMPLEMENTED INTO OPEN ACCESS MODELLING PLATFORM
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