Certain kind of materials can absorb and desorb large quantities of hydrogen under special conditions, in terms of temperature and pressure. Finding such materials with superb hydrogen sorption kinetics and thermodynamics is still a great scientific challenge. Hydrogen sorption analyzer is the research equipment built for the investigation of properties of hydride materials during successive hydrogen absorption-desorption cycles. This kind of investigation is important since the behaviour of materials during multiple cycling determine their usability for solid-state hydrogen storage (in batteries). Scientists from Vinča institute, together with engineers from UNO-LUX NS, have developed Hydrogen Sorption Analyzer based on volumetric measurements. In the process, they have addressed all mentioned issues, and they want to perform the upgrade in order to include additional functionality into equipment – thermodynamic measurements.
With awarded funds from the Innovation Fund, they have advanced the state of the project’s commercial readiness from present TRL4 to TRL6.