Imagine printing complex ceramic parts like a Lego set, but with materials that can create hydrogen or power a vehicle. Instead of carving shapes out of blocks and wasting material, this method prints exactly what is needed. It's like moving from hand-drawing a map to using a high-precision 3D printer to build the actual city.
Traditional ceramic manufacturing for fuel cells is carbon-intensive, wasteful, and limited in design flexibility, leading to high costs and lower performance in hydrogen technologies.
Multimaterial ceramic 3D printing platforms and two rSOC demonstrators for stationary and mobility hydrogen applications.
If you are an electrolyser manufacturer dealing with high production costs and material waste — this project developed multimaterial ceramic manufacturing platforms that reduce raw material use and energy consumption.
If you are a vehicle developer dealing with bulky and inefficient fuel cell designs — this project developed a mobility-focused SOFC demonstrator that enables complex integrated architectures for better performance.
If you are a ceramics producer dealing with the limitations of traditional molding — this project developed 3D shaping techniques like Vat Photopolymerization and Multi Material Jetting to increase productivity.
The project aims to reduce costs and energy consumption by using near-net-shape processes and minimizing raw material use. It specifically targets the delivery of three cost-effective product lines.
The project focuses on developing scalable platforms and uses data mining and digital twins to support the upscaling of component manufacturing.
Based on available project data, the project includes a robust business case and exploitation strategy to ensure economic viability and EU competitiveness.
The project period runs from 2026-05-01 to 2030-04-30.
It provides demonstrators for both stationary SOEC/co-SOEC operations and SOFC mobility applications to prove the technology's utility in hydrogen production and use.
The consortium is highly industry-driven with a 50% industry ratio, consisting of 5 industrial partners and 4 SMEs. With 10 partners across 8 countries, the group balances academic research (2 universities, 3 research centers) with commercial application, led by the Fraunhofer Society, which suggests a strong focus on technology transfer.
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