The main objectives of the program

To develop the scientific basis for new technologies to produce hydrogen primarily those based on the use of renewable energy, organic waste, substandard solid fuel;
entirely new photoelectrochemical cell and high-temperature thermo-chemical reactor for hydrogen production from the use of concentrated sunlight;
develop new highly effective catalysts for hydrogen production from substandard solid fuels and various organic wastes;
create new technologies electrolysis of water to offer engineering solutions for new advanced electrolyzers that can be paired with wind power plants;
explore the feasibility of closed cycle hydrogen production involving energy accumulating substances.

Approved
Decree of the Presidium of NAS of Ukraine
№ 356 of 29.12.2010

• project №1  Development of high performance processes for producing hydrogen from water using nanostructured energy accumulating substances using activated zinc, manganese, aluminum, bismuth, iron and other components with the recovery of waste by thermal oxide carbonate

• project №2  The use of surface modification of cathode and anode electrodes for the development of low overpotential of hydrogen and oxygen and increase the economic efficiency of hydrogen production by electrolysis of low temperature

• project №3 Create granulated microbial product (GMP) for industrial bio-technologies for producing hydrogen from environmentally hazardous organic wastes

• project №4 Physico-chemical principles of creation of heterogeneous catalytic processes and catalysts for hydrogen production from renewable resources solid

• project №5 Fundamentals of creating catalysts for hydrogen production by steam reforming of liquid bio materials

• project №6  Development of fundamentals of new nano-structured systems for electro chemical processes of hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction for fuel cells

1. project №6-1 Hybrid electrocatalysts of oxygen reduction based on conducting polymers for low temperature fuel cells

2. project №6-2 Method of conversion of CO2 - a byproduct of the process of producing hydrogen by electrochemical carboxylation of activated fluorine containing organic compounds to produce fluorinated amino and acids

• project №7 Hydrogen by reforming natural gas combined and methanol on structured catalysts

• project №8 Composite catalysts for the process of hydrogen production from carbonaceous raw material

• project №9 Hydrogen purification by natural and waste water and electricity photocatalytic membrane methods

• project №10 Photoelectrochemical cell for hydrogen generation with hybrid photoanode based on solid-state solar cell and titanium dioxide film

• project №12 Improvement and optimization of plasma technologies for producing hydrogen

• project №13 Light dependent hydrogen production of micro algae (Chlorophyta), and photosynthetic bacteria (Rhodobacter)

• project №14 Installation for test of catalysts of biomass volatile matter conversion into hydrogen Installation circuit

• project №15 Installation for generation of hydrogen from Ukrainian coal Installation circuit

• project №16 Optimization of parameters of operation of wind turbines and electrolysis for hydrogen production with a view to its use in stand-alone power supply system

• project №17 Develop of the basis of combined technology for hydrogen obtaining by metal-vapor method and the synthesis of tungsten oxides by recycling industrial waste with using solar energy