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# Leading automotive manufacturer order electrodes to be used in fuel cells

> This is the sec­ond vehi­cle man­u­fac­tur­er to show inter­est in our tech­nol­o­gy and order cus­tom-made pro­to­types accord­ing to their spe­cif­ic needs. If the project turns out well, we will like­ly be trust­ed to deliv­er more and larg­er prototypes.
> 
> *Elli­nor Ehrn­berg, Pres­i­dent of Smoltek Hydrogen*

Smoltek Hydro­gen has devel­oped a porous trans­port elec­trode for the anode in PEM elec­trolyz­ers that can sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduce the amount of irid­i­um in an elec­trolyt­ic cell, which has res­onat­ed around the world. With changes in the basic con­fig­u­ra­tion, the tech­nol­o­gy of the elec­trode can be mod­i­fied so that it can also be used for fuel cell applications. 

Ear­li­er this year, a world-lead­ing vehi­cle man­u­fac­tur­er ordered a cus­tom-made pro­to­type from Smoltek Hydro­gen for eval­u­a­tion. Now anoth­er major play­er in the auto­mo­tive indus­try has placed an order for spe­cial­ly man­u­fac­tured pro­to­types to test in small fuel cells. In this type of eval­u­a­tion project, the tech­nol­o­gy is first test­ed in small cen­time­ter-sized cells. In the next step, the tech­nol­o­gy is scaled up to a for­mat of 5×5 cm, which is com­mon for eval­u­at­ing the dura­bil­i­ty of the elec­trode through long-term tests.

> We offer com­plete­ly unique solu­tions for both elec­trolyz­ers and fuel cells, which means we have high hopes of start­ing more and big­ger projects with this customer.
> 
> Elli­nor Ehrnberg