“The inter­est in our PTE tech­nol­o­gy has been great, but what is tru­ly remark­able is the speed of the eval­u­a­tion process­es that we are now see­ing from sev­er­al glob­al play­ers. They real­ize that this is not just an improve­ment, but a tech­nol­o­gy that can rede­fine the play­ing field for both PEM elec­trolyz­ers and fuel cells,” says Elli­nor Ehrn­berg, Pres­i­dent of Smoltek Hydrogen.

Smoltek Hydro­gen has devel­oped a patent-pro­tect­ed nan­otech­nol­o­gy that enables the fab­ri­ca­tion of high-per­for­mance porous trans­port elec­trodes (PTEs), for elec­tro­chem­i­cal cells: 

• For PEM elec­trolyz­ers, this enables a thir­ty-fold increase in cat­alyt­ic sur­face area, poten­tial­ly reduc­ing irid­i­um usage by up to 95 per­cent – ​​an inno­va­tion that no oth­er play­er in the mar­ket can match. This paves the way for pro­duc­ing fos­sil-free hydro­gen at com­pet­i­tive prices. 
• For fuel cells, our tech­nol­o­gy can reduce inter­nal con­tact resis­tance (ICR) and coun­ter­act elec­tro­chem­i­cal cor­ro­sion – two key fac­tors for increased per­for­mance and improved lifespan.

Sev­er­al lead­ing glob­al indus­tri­al com­pa­nies are now eval­u­at­ing Smoltek Hydrogen’s PTE-tech­nol­o­gy. Accord­ing to Elli­nor Ehrn­berg, their nor­mal­ly time-con­sum­ing eval­u­a­tion and devel­op­ment process­es are being accel­er­at­ed by the real­iza­tion that the first play­er to inte­grate the tech­nol­o­gy will gain sig­nif­i­cant and like­ly unas­sail­able com­pet­i­tive advan­tages. Smoltek Hydro­gen is already sell­ing PTE pro­to­types for eval­u­a­tion pur­pos­es and aims to be able to sell full-scale elec­trodes in 2026.

Read the full inter­view (“How Smoltek Hydro­gen aligns devel­op­ment with cus­tomer needs”) with Elli­nor Ehrn­berg on our IR blog.