---
title: "Smoltek aims to unlock the scale-up for PEM water electrolysis"
canonical_url: "https://www.smoltek.com/smoltek-aims-to-unlock-scale-up-for-pem-water-electrolysis/5869/"
date: 2023-09-08
author: "Fredrik Liljeberg"
featured_image: "https://www.smoltek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/h2lab-xinbastien-05-jpg.webp"
categories:
  - name: "News"
    url: "https://www.smoltek.com/category/news.md"
tags:
  - name: "electrolyzers"
    url: "https://www.smoltek.com/topic/electrolyzers.md"
  - name: "greenhydrogen"
    url: "https://www.smoltek.com/topic/greenhydrogen.md"
  - name: "hydrogen"
    url: "https://www.smoltek.com/topic/hydrogen.md"
  - name: "nanotechnology"
    url: "https://www.smoltek.com/topic/nanotechnology.md"
---

# Smoltek aims to unlock the scale-up for PEM water electrolysis

In Octo­ber 8–12 you can take the oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet the [Smoltek Hydro­gen](https://www.smoltek.com/smoltek-hydrogen/) team of experts at the [244th Elec­tro­chem­i­cal Soci­ety Meet­ing](https://www.electrochem.org/244) in Gothen­burg, Swe­den to learn more about our tech­nol­o­gy, our H2LAB and the road to vol­ume process­es for green hydro­gen at scale.

We wel­come you at the tech­ni­cal exhib­it (booth #108) or meet with one of our sci­en­tists at the con­fer­ence: Xin Wen, Bastien Pen­ninckx, Jaime Sanchez, Sankar Sasidharan. 

See you in Gothen­burg, 8–12 October! 

![SmoltekHydrogen_PTL-with-CNF](https://www.smoltek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/smoltekhydrogen-ptl-with-cnf.jpg)

SEM image of PTL with Car­bon nanofibers (CNF)

Tech­no­log­i­cal scope: The low elec­tri­cal resis­tiv­i­ty and mechan­i­cal strength indi­cate why CNF are an attrac­tive cat­a­lyst sup­port mate­r­i­al. The solu­tion offered by Smoltek Hydro­gen takes full advan­tage of the prop­er­ties of CNF and the oppor­tu­ni­ties afford­ed by PECVD growth by grow­ing ver­ti­cal CNF on a PTL (above image). This method ensures con­tact between the CNF and the PTL while pro­vid­ing a high sur­face area sub­strate. Cat­a­lyst can then be deposit­ed on top of this sub­strate. The ver­ti­cal ori­en­ta­tion of the CNF facil­i­tates coat­ing of the sur­face with addi­tion­al lay­ers of mate­r­i­al, such as cor­ro­sion pro­tec­tion lay­ers or cat­a­lyst particles.