Resumen de: WO2025239823A1
A hydrogen providing system (1) for providing hydrogen to an ironworks plant (4) in a heavy industry site (3). The hydrogen providing system (1) comprises an electrical power control unit (5) connected to a main electrical line (2) providing alternating current, AC, power, an electrolyser (6) configured to produce hydrogen gas, at least one hydrogen storage tank (7) configured to store hydrogen gas, and a fuel mixer (8) in fluid communication with and configured to direct the flow of hydrogen between the electrolyser (6), the hydrogen storage tank (7), and the ironworks plant (4). The hydrogen providing system (1) also comprises an electrical mixer (9) connected to and configured to control the flow of current between an AC current power line (10) connected to the electric power control unit (5), which is configured to control the AC power to the AC current power line (10),a first direct current, DC, power line (11) connected to the electrolyser, and a second DC power line (12) connected to a solar power plant (13).
Resumen de: WO2025239840A1
The invention provides a catalytic composition, the catalytic composition comprising copper oxide nanoparticles, carbon black, and a binder. The invention also provides a catalyst, an electrode and an electrolyser comprising the catalytic composition. In addition, the invention provides a method of preparing a catalytic composition, the method comprising (a) providing a binder in a solvent to provide a binder mixture; (b) incorporating carbon black into the binder mixture; (c) incorporating copper oxide nanoparticles into the binder mixture; and (d) stirring the mixture to form a composite material of the binder, carbon black, and copper oxide nanoparticles. The invention also provides a method of producing hydrogen comprising contacting an aqueous electrolyte with the catalytic composition, the catalyst, or the electrode, and applying a voltage sufficient to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Resumen de: WO2025240177A1
A system and a method for stabilizing hydrogen flow to a downstream process in a facility determining a hydrogen density and pressure profiles in the hydrogen storage unit for different target net hydrogen flows at different time intervals of a time horizon of a renewable power availability profile, determining an operating target net hydrogen flow of a hydrogen feed to the downstream process, determining a target direct hydrogen flow of a hydrogen feed and a target stored hydrogen flow of a hydrogen feed to the downstream process, and controlling the operation of the downstream process based on the operating target hydrogen flows.
Resumen de: WO2025239623A1
The present invention relates to a photoelectrode and a photoelectrochemical water splitting system using same, and more specifically, to a photoelectrode in which a lower electrode, an electron transport layer including SnO2, a light absorption layer including FAPbI3, a hole transport layer, an upper electrode, and a Ni passivation thin film layer are sequentially stacked and can operate when immersed in water, and an efficient and stable large-area water splitting system capable of splitting water and producing hydrogen without an external voltage by using the photoelectrode.
Resumen de: WO2025239512A1
Disclosed are a fluid heating unit, a hot box, and a solid oxide electrolysis cell system. The disclosed fluid heating unit comprises an electrode recuperator and an electrode heater, wherein the electrode recuperator and the electrode heater are coupled so as to be in fluid communication with each other.
Resumen de: WO2025237774A1
The invention relates to a method for producing an electrode (10) for use in an electrolysis cell, comprising providing a metal flat material portion (18), wherein the flat material portion extends in a planar manner in a main plane, producing at least one three-dimensional contact structure (16) in the flat material portion (18), comprising introducing at least three slots (44) into the flat material portion in such a way that a connection piece (26) formed between two adjacent slots has a plurality of the through-openings, wherein the slots are distributed around a reference region (46), and comprising moving the reference region out of the main plane such that the reference region is displaced to a contact plane which is offset with respect to the main plane, the slots thereby being expanded, in order to form a contact region (24) of the contact structure (16). The invention also relates to such an electrode and to a stack arrangement having such an electrode.
Resumen de: WO2025239029A1
Provided is a hydrogen production control system for producing hydrogen with different environmental impacts. A hydrogen production control system 20 causes a hydrogen production apparatus 10 to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen production apparatus inputs, to a water electrolysis device 13, a power amount from a renewable energy generation device 12 or a power amount from a power grid 30, and causes the water electrolysis device to electrolyze water to thereby produce hydrogen with different environmental impacts. The hydrogen production apparatus comprises: a renewable energy variation amount prediction unit which predicts variation in the power amount from the renewable energy power generation device; and a type-specific hydrogen production planning unit which creates a type-specific hydrogen production plan for producing hydrogen with different environmental impacts by the hydrogen production apparatus, on the basis of a prediction result from the renewable energy variation amount prediction unit. The type-specific hydrogen production planning unit creates a production plan for producing a first type of hydrogen with a small environmental impact among hydrogen with different environmental impacts by using a power amount in a first case where the power amount from the renewable energy generation device is predicted to be supplied stably.
Resumen de: WO2025239002A1
Provided is a method for manufacturing an electrochemical reaction device (1) comprising: an electrochemical cell (2) that includes an electrolyte layer (20), a first electrode (21), and a second electrode (22); a frame (3) that includes a support section (31) and a frame body section (32); and a sealing plate (4) that hermetically separates a second space (122) and an outer peripheral cavity (11) from each other. The sealing plate (4) includes an outer peripheral plate section (42), an inner peripheral plate section (41), and a coupling section (43). The coupling section (43) includes a flexed section (430) flexed so as to protrude in a normal direction Z of the electrolyte layer (20). When forming the flexed section (430), the sealing plate (4), in which the flexed section (430) has not yet been formed, is fixed to the electrochemical cell (2) and the frame (3), and then a buckling step is performed for causing the coupling section (43) to buckle so as to form the flexed section (430) by causing a volume change of at least one of the electrochemical cell (2), the frame (3), or the sealing plate (4).
Resumen de: WO2025238525A1
The invention provides an integrated system for preparing a dehydrogenated product from an alcohol, the integrated system comprising a heat integration system for heat transfer from at least one heat source to the at least one heat sink. The at least one heat sink includes a feed stream comprising an alcohol and/or an electrolyser system having an electrochemical cell configured for carrying out a partial dehydrogenation process to produce a product stream comprising hydrogen and a co-product stream comprising a dehydrogenated product from the alcohol of the feed stream and/or an infrastructure for handling and/or storing the co- product stream. The at least one heat source includes a hydrogen fuel cell for generating electricity from the product stream of the electrolyser system, wherein operation of the hydrogen fuel cell generates heat, and/or the electrolyser system, wherein the electrolyser system is configured to operate the electrochemical cell so as to generate heat.
Resumen de: WO2025238527A1
An electrochemical process and apparatus for generating electricity from an alcohol. Electricity is generated in a hydrogen fuel cell utilising hydrogen produced by partial dehydrogenation of the alcohol in an electrolyser.
Resumen de: WO2025237669A1
Disclosed is a method for preparing an electrochemically activated electrode for electrochemical reduction reactions, the electrode comprising at least one catalytic material based on at least one fluorinated group VIB metal, the method consisting in carrying out an oxidative electrochemical treatment on an electrode comprising at least one catalytic material based on at least one fluorinated group VIB metal.
Resumen de: WO2025237667A1
Disclosed is a method for preparing an electrochemically activated electrode for electrochemical reduction reactions, the electrode comprising at least one catalytic material based on at least one group VIB metal supported on an electrically conductive support, the method consisting in carrying out an electrochemical treatment on an electrode comprising at least one catalytic material based on at least one group VIB metal supported on an electrically conductive support. The electrochemical treatment, which is carried out by cyclic voltammetry (CV) or chronoamperometry (CA), consists of a step of oxidation under specific conditions.
Resumen de: WO2025237668A1
Disclosed is a method for preparing a catalytic material of an electrode for electrochemical reduction reactions, the catalytic material comprising an active phase based on at least one group VIB metal and fluorine. The method consists in bringing a solid material based on at least one group VIB metal sulphide into contact with a gas comprising at least difluorine, at a temperature of between -50°C and 150°C, for a duration of between 15 seconds and 120 minutes, the gas having a difluorine concentration of between 0.1 and 100% by volume relative to the total volume of the gas, a pressure of between 0.001 and 0.2 MPa, and a PPH of between 0.01 and 200 h-1.
Resumen de: US2025354272A1
Provided is an electrochemical system comprising a water electrolysis stack with an anode and a cathode. The system includes a reaction fluid supply line that supplies a reaction fluid to the anode, a first gas-liquid separator located in the reaction fluid supply line to separate the reaction fluid into gaseous and liquid components, and a first filter part positioned upstream of the first gas-liquid separator to filter the reaction fluid. The system further includes a first circulation line that circulates the liquid reaction fluid from the anode back to the first gas-liquid separator. Additionally, a second gas-liquid separator in a discharged fluid discharge line is connected to the cathode, with a second circulation line configured to maintain the ionic purity of the discharged fluid. The system also includes a mechanism to monitor ionic conductivity and selectively control the operation of the water electrolysis stack based on detected ionic levels.
Resumen de: WO2025238524A1
An electrochemical process and apparatus for producing hydrogen and a dehydrogenated product from partial oxidation of an alcohol. The hydrogen may be utilised in a hydrogen fuel cell to generated electricity, e.g., to power a vehicle.
Resumen de: US2025354277A1
A water electrolysis cell according to an embodiment includes: an anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer in which anode catalyst sheets are stacked via a gap, each anode catalyst sheet containing iridium oxide and being in the form of a nanosheet; a cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer in which cathode catalyst sheets are stacked via a gap, each cathode catalyst sheet containing platinum and being in the form of a nanosheet; and an electrolyte membrane containing a hydrocarbon-based material, placed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode.
Resumen de: US2025354282A1
A water electrolysis process includes recovering a mixture of electrolyte and dioxygen from an anodic compartment and separating it in a dioxygen separator to obtain a dioxygen stream and a dioxygen containing electrolyte stream; recovering a mixture of electrolyte and dihydrogen from an cathodic compartment and separating it in a dihydrogen separator to obtain a dihydrogen stream and a dihydrogen containing electrolyte stream; recirculating the dioxygen containing electrolyte stream and the dihydrogen containing electrolyte stream. Upon detection of conditions susceptible of leading to a dioxygen to dihydrogen ratio greater than a safety OTH threshold in the cathodic compartment or/and to a dihydrogen to dioxygen ratio greater than a safety HTO threshold in the anodic compartment, flushing dihydrogen in electrolyte fed to the or each cathodic compartment, and/or flushing dioxygen in electrolyte fed to the or each anodic compartment.
Resumen de: US2025354279A1
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a composite material, in particular one useful as a catalyst in an electrolytic hydrogen evolution reaction and/or the oxygen evolution reaction and/or urea oxidation-assisted water electrolysis. Provided is a method of preparing a composite material, the method comprising the steps of:(i) electrochemically depositing material onto a substrate from a deposition solution comprising a nickel (II) salt and graphene oxide, to obtain a nickel-reduced graphene oxide composite material comprising nickel dispersed on reduced graphene oxide, said composite material being deposited on the substrate;(ii) after step (i), placing the substrate, having the nickel-reduced graphene oxide composite deposited thereon, in an alkaline solution along with a counter electrode; and(iii) after step (ii), partially electrochemically oxidising the nickel, to obtain a partially oxidised nickel-reduced graphene oxide composite material comprising partially oxidised nickel dispersed on reduced graphene oxide, said composite material being deposited on the substrate.The composite of the invention demonstrates high catalytic activity for electrolytic hydrogen production under alkaline water electrolysis conditions (for example, a hydrogen evolution current of up to 500 mA cm−2 at −1.35 V against a Reversible Hydrogen Electrode). High activity is demonstrated even when the substrate (on which the composite is deposited) does not contain any, or at m
Resumen de: US2025354275A1
Systems and methods are provided for integration of molten carbonate electrolysis cells in applications for hydrogen production and for operating turbines using oxycombustion. In some aspects, the unusual output flows from an MCEC (or more typically a plurality of MCECs) can be synergistically used in combination with reverse flow reactors and/or partial oxidation units to allow for hydrogen production while also performing carbon capture. In other embodiments, the anode output from an MCEC (or a plurality of MCECs) can be used as the oxygen-containing gas for a combustion turbine or a furnace.
Resumen de: US2025354283A1
A water electrolysis installation includes a dioxygen separator configured to separate a mixture of electrolyte and dioxygen and to obtain an electrolyte with dissolved dioxygen; a dihydrogen separator to separate a mixture of electrolyte and dihydrogen and to obtain an electrolyte with dissolved dihydrogen; a recombination zone configured to receive the electrolytes to produce, at a mixing region, a mixed electrolyte stream. The installation includes a dihydrogen and/or dioxygen depleting system, including a catalyst configured to react dioxygen and dihydrogen dissolved in the mixed electrolyte stream, to produce a treated electrolyte stream with reduced dioxygen and dihydrogen. The depleting system is positioned in contact with the mixed electrolyte stream downstream of the mixing region and upstream of the inlet of the electrochemical stack device.
Resumen de: US2025354276A1
The present invention relates to a framing structure for an electrolyser subject to internal pressure, able to withstand corrosive environments and radial pressure forces. The present invention also relates to an electrolytic cell and electrolyser equipped with said framing structure, as well as its use in high-pressure water electrolysis applications.
Resumen de: US2025354278A1
An electrocatalyst and a method of preparing the electrocatalyst are described. The electrocatalyst includes a porous foam substrate; and a catalytically active layer comprising NiVOx nanostructures, the catalytically active layer being disposed on an exterior surface and an interior pore surface of the porous metal foam substrate; where “x” is in the range of 1 to 3. A method of using the electrocatalyst for water oxidation is also described.
Resumen de: US2025354280A1
Polymer electrolysis membrane (PEM) or alkali electrolyzers are provided. The PEM or alkali electrolyzers have a compact structure that produces high-purity hydrogen and a device and method for increasing the hydrogen production efficiency of these devices. An electrolyzer control circuit includes: an electrolysis cell, a mosfet, a square wave oscillator integration, a potentiometer, a mosfet driver integration, a first resistance, a second resistance, a first adjustable direct current power supply, a second adjustable direct current power supply, and an oscilloscope.
Resumen de: US2025354490A1
Techniques and systems extract water from lunar regolith using microwave radiation and may also produce fuel from the extracted water. The system can distill the extracted water to remove impurities before electrolyzing the purified water into oxygen and hydrogen gases, which may then be cooled to form liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. A portion of the system may reside on a lunar landing module. Another portion of the system may be affixed to a robotic arm that is extendable from the lunar landing module. This portion of the system includes a water extraction unit, comprising a cone used as a cold trap. The cone may include cooling channels to keep the temperature of the smooth inner surface of the cone cold enough to trap particles of frost that attach to the inner surface. The frost is then scraped from the inner surface and collected.
Nº publicación: US2025353758A1 20/11/2025
Solicitante:
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIV OF TORONTO [CA]
TOTALENERGIES ONETECH [FR]
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO,
TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
Resumen de: US2025353758A1
The present description relates to metal alloy electrocatalysts, preferably composed of Ni and Co as transition metals and Se as a chalcogen. The electrocatalysts can take the form of nanochalcogenides that can be made using cryogenic milling followed by surfactant-assistant milling. The electrocatalysts can be used in the context of water electrolysis or electroreduction of CO2 gas into carbon based products.