Full Report
Materials for End-to-End Hydrogen
This report outlines the key materials research challenges to enable hydrogen to be produced, stored and distributed at scale, to decarbonise a range of sectors in a 2050 timescale.
Landscaping Reports
Reducing iridium
This report addresses the challenge of reducing iridium loading in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysers to realise global electrolysis capacity ambitions at a terawatt (TW) scale.
Improving Point of Use
This report addresses the challenge of improving point of use hydrogen purification technologies, enabling large scale fuel cell hydrogen supply from the gas grid.
Tank Storage
This report addresses the challenge of materials led solutions for cost effective, conformable hydrogen tank storage in fuel cell vehicles.
Improving Catalysts
This report addresses the challenge of improving catalysts for distributed ammonia production and cracking, to realise ammonia’s potential as a hydrogen storage and distribution vector.
Materials Degradation
This report addresses the detailed understanding of materials degradation pathways for high volume compressors to enable large scale hydrogen distribution through the UK gas grid.
Test Capability
This report addresses the challenge of developing UK capability to test, set standards, and accredit new materials.
Blueprint Reports
The Royce Hydrogen Blueprints provide a comprehensive view of testing and electrolysis capabilities in the UK, with a clear gap analysis and recommendations to inform future investment which will support critical materials innovation and qualification.Hydrogen Testing
The Royce Hydrogen Testing Blueprint provides, for the first time, a comprehensive view of the UK’s testing capabilities and is designed to inform future spending plans in this area. It sets out how the UK’s hydrogen testing needs can be broadly divided into a series of temperature and pressure domains aligned to industry and academic needs in each area.
Survey Data
Royce, together with KTN, undertook a survey of RTOs, businesses, universities, and commercial test houses. Members of the materials community were able to report on capabilities available in the UK. The submissions reflect different groups of facilities, and set out both existing and plans for new capabilities. Here you can access the results of the survey on UK hydrogen testing capabilities in the form of a spreadsheet.
Electrolysis Needs
This second Royce UK Electrolysis Blueprint provides for the first time a comprehensive view of the UK’s electrolysis capabilities and, once again, is designed to inform future spending plans in this area. It sets out how the UK’s electrolysis needs for hydrogen can be broadly divided into a series of scale up, electrolysis type and monitoring domains, again with the aligned industry and academic needs identified for each.
