Metal foam electrodes boost hydrogen production

Nickel foams used as porous electrodes in water electrolysis have shown exciting results thanks to their high surface area.

Metal foam electrodes from Metafoam Technologies are yielding promising results for hydrogen production.

Preliminary tests were done at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) by Professor Benoit Marsan's team.

According to Marsan: "Such a material could lead to significant energy savings and thus encourage hydrogen usage as a green source of energy".

Metafoam's nickel foams used as porous electrodes in water electrolysis have shown exciting results thanks to their high surface area.

Actually, Metafoam's material has reached roughness factors 2 to 25 times higher than standard porous meshes and competing metal foams.

"Metafoam's materials could lead to a significant performance increase in other electrochemical fields, namely chemicals production, fuel cells, and batteries", says Dominic Pilon, founder and Chief Technology Officer.

Metafoam and UQAM will pursue their investigation in the following months.

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