| Catalysts |
Acta
Italy
|
"Acta’s catalysts are platinum free, being made
of a blend of other transition metals, including cobalt, nickel
and iron. These metals are abundant and the pricing is vastly
cheaper than platinum. . ."
> London
Stock Exchange (AIM): ACTA |
| AMETEK
Specialty Metal Products |
"nickel alloy powders and nickel strip products
are ideal for a wide variety of fuel cells used in energy conversion
applications" |
| BASF |
> BASF
catalyst for NECAR 5 fuel cell car
> 3/13/06 BASF
and Tekion form a collaboration |
Cabot
Albuquerque |
"Our Fuel Cell business combines the strengths of the
Cabot Superior Micropowders proprietary spray conversion manufacturing
technology with Cabot’s competency in carbon black and
surface modified carbons. . . "
> 11/17/05 Cabot
Fuel Cell Group Introduces Dynalyst™ Electrocatalysts
> New
Product Information on Cabot Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts
> 6/23/2003 Superior Micropowders acquired by Cabot
to become Cabot Superior MicroPowders |
| Engelhard |
"Engelhard's line of Selectra™ catalysts and sorbents
provides fuel-cell developers with state-of-the-art components
to improve the performance, safety and economics of their products." |
Johnson
Matthey Fuel Cells
US, UK |
"Johnson Matthey is the world's leading producer
of precious metal catalysts and catalyzed components, specializing
in membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), anode and cathode catalysts,
fuel processor catalysts and coated components for the complete
fuel cell system."
> HiSPEC®
Catalyst Datasheet 
> HiSPEC®
Catalyst Products Listing |
| QuantumSphere
|
"QuantumSphere is the only company currently manufacturing
commercial quantities of high purity, narrow distribution, metallic
nanopowders and alloys for a variety of catalyst applications." |
| T/J
Technologies |
11/6/03: " . . . offering electrocatalysts for proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and direct methanol fuel
cells (DMFC) . . . By using T/J’s electrocatalysts the
same power may be generated with at least 10% less platinum,
making fuel cells more affordable. . ." |
| Umicore
elyst™ |
"electrocatalysts especially for the distinctive needs
of different fuel cell applications based on the strong interdependence
between single components"
> Business bought from
OMG |
|
| Electrolytes/Membranes |
Advent Technologies SA
Athens, Greece |
"high temperature (>150°C) MEA technology based
on proprietary PBI free TPS polymer electrolytes. TPS technology
is cheaper than the competition, allows the use of fuels with
high CO content, reduces the complexity of the fuel system and
leads to a reduced cost final PEM system." |
| Altair Nanomaterials,
Inc. |
"Altair
SOFC technology is based on monolithic fabrication, incorporating
all SOFC components in single, multi-layered structure."
> formerly Altair International
> NASDAQ:ALTI |
| BWT
(Best Water Technology) |
"With its FUMATECH subsidiary, BWT has established itself
on the future fuel cell market as a supplier of innovative fumion®
polymers and fumapem® polymer membranes as central components
of a membrane electrode unit, the heart of the fuel cell." |
| Dupont
Fuel Cells |
"For the past 30 years, DuPont™ Nafion®
membranes and dispersions have been the product of choice for
the fuel cell industry, providing unparalleled power output
and durability. Today, Nafion® polymer has evolved into
a leading-edge fuel cell material for a wide variety of applications."
> Nafion®
Membranes and Dispersions |
ENrG Inc.
Buffalo
NY |
"specializes in the development and manufacture of
ceramic membrane and coating technologies for energy applications
such as solid oxide fuel cells" |
| FuMA-Tech |
a division of BWT AG German
web site |
Hoku
Scientific
Hawaii |
"The key components of our Hoku MEAs are
our Hoku Membranes, which are non-fluorinated proton exchange
membranes. We have sold Hoku Membranes separately for sampling
to PEM fuel cell system OEMs that have developed electrode or
gas diffusion materials or MEA assembly processes of their own." |
Hydrocell
Ltd
Finland |
"charge carrier is a specially developed
gel electrolyte. Because of its gel-like electrolyte Hydrocell's
fuel cells are practical for changing conditions - the gel does
not leak out of the fuel cell regardless of the position. On
the other hand, the electrolyte gel can store, deliver and transfer
water formed in fuel cell reactions."
> 5/5/06 Medis
Technologies Enters Business Cooperation Agreement With Oy Hydrocell
Ltd of Finland centered on Gel Materials |
| Ion Power, Inc. |
"[C]atalyst coated Nafion® for fuel cells and electrolyzers.
Ion Power is developing new membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel
Cells (DMFC) which have a significant reduction in the methanol
permeability through the membrane. Ion Power also works with
DuPont to act as a worldwide distributor of its Nafion®
and Nafion® products." |
ITM Power
Ltd
Cambridgeshire, UK |
"In 1995 ITM's Director of Research, Dr
Donald Highgate, recognised an opportunity to use his background
in hydrophilic polymer chemistry to investigate and develop
a new class of low-cost membrane. Existing industry standard
membrane material is estimated to cost $500 per sq metre, ITM’s
membrane costs $5 per sq metre. . ." |
| PolyFuel |
"PolyFuel has developed a unique capability to directly
engineer the nano-architectures and the chemical characteristics
of a membrane . . . PolyFuel’s membranes — based
upon hydrocarbon polymers, rather than perfluorinated, are considered
to be best-in-class for both portable direct methanol fuel cells
(DMFC)
. . . and for hydrogen
fuel cells . . ."
> 8/21/09 Cessation
of operations, proposed cancellation of trading on AIM and proposed
liquidation and dissolution of the Company |
| Oxford Performance Materials,
Inc. |
9/15/03 Oxford Performance Materials
Receives Contract from the Department of Energy to Expand High
Temperature Fuel Cell Membrane Research & Development
|
NexTech
Materials, Ltd |
"Electrolyte, anode and cathode materials
developed by NexTech are sold through Fuel
Cell Materials" SOFC |
SiM Composites
Québec |
" Sicopion™ is a new generation of composite
and nanocomposite ion exchange materials. . . "
> 9/15/05 Chrysalix
Invests in SiM Composites |
Solvay
Solexis
Brussels |
"Hyflon® Ion, a special proton-conductive material
available as a film or solution, is an excellent choice for
the PEM. Solvay Solexis offers a range of fluoropolymers ideal
for high performance, cost effective stack components."
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| Stack
Plates & Materials |
Bac2
UK |
"When used in a composite form, ElectroPhen™
is a cost-effective solution for bipolar plate and end plate
manufacture." |
Cell Impact
AB
Sweden |
"produces bipolar plates for fuel cells and
flow field plates for heat exchangers"
> "Cell
Impact is a part of the expanding Swedish group Morphic
Technologies AB, operational in wind- and hydro electric
power, fuel cells and production technology." |
| Crystal
Graphite Corporation |
"One of the Company's target markets is the
bi-polar plate manufacturing which is an integral component
for the fuel cell industry."
> OTCBB:
CYTGF |
| Dupont
Fuel Cells |
Conductive
Plates
> "Whether you need manifold, flow field,
or fluid seal designs, DuPont offers customized conductive plates
to meet your PEM fuel cell needs." |
| Entegris
|
Cell
Stack Subassembly
> Standard
Bipolar and Monopolar Plates
> Custom
Machined and Molded Plates
> Cell
Stack Assembly "applies years of sealing technology
and contamination control experience to assembling cell stacks;
Entegris' proprietary technology for bonding PVDF to Nafion®
material results in reliable, leak-free, permanent plate assembly" |
| GrafTech
International Ltd. |
"GrafTech, through its subsidiary,
Advanced Energy Technology Inc., in collaboration with Ballard
Power Systems Inc., is actively aiding the search for efficient
and reliable fuel cells which will power the pollution free
cars of the future."
> NYSE:GTI |
| Morgan
Fuel Cell |
Net Shaped Plates, Bi-Polar Plates, GDL Materials
> "brings together the unique carbon and ceramics technology
expertise of the world-renowned Morgan Crucible Group"
> UK |
| Pacific Fuel Cell
Corp. |
"designs, and develops *nano-carbon based*
MEAs ("nanoMea"), and graphite based bipolar plates
("BPP")"
> OTCBB:PFCE
> balance
sheet | Income
Statement | SEC
filings |
| Porvair
Fuel Cell Technology |
"Since 2001, Porvair has been
developing proprietary bi-polar plates in conjunction with the
U.S. Department of Energy. A fully molded, carbon – graphite
Bipolar Plate has now been launched, for use in PEM fuel cells.
This plate, which is based upon work licensed from Oak Ridge
National Labs, has all of the superior properties found in machined
graphite plates, but the cost structure of resin composite molded
products. . ."
> Hendersonville, North Carolina
> Subsidiary of Porvair
PLC London:
PRV |
| SGL
Technologies |
SIGRACET Fuel Cell Components: Bipolar Plates
(BPP), Foils (Expanded Graphite), BPP with integrated gaskets,
Gas Diffusion Layers (GDL)
> Subsidiary of SGL
Carbon Group (ADR) (NYSE:SGG) Germany |
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| Electrodes,
Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) |
ACAL
Energy Ltd
UK |
"liquid based cathode technology (FlowCath®)
for polyelectrolyte membrane (PEM) based fuel cells"
> 11/2008 ACAL
Energy Raises £3.3M in Venture Financing |
| 3M |
3M
Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA)
> NYSE:MMM |
| The Altek Fuel Group,
Inc. |
"Altek has modified design of Gas Diffusion Electrode
(GDE) and Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA), and has created
a manufacturing process, which allows for a mass-production
of simpler, more efficient and affordable final product for
PEM and Alkaline fuel cells." |
Celanese
Frankfurt |
>
High Temperature Fuel Cells -Powering the Future 200°C
MEA based on polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane
> Plug
Power partner
> Fuel
cell technology - zero-emisson cars
> 9/2002 Celanese
inaugurates pilot plant to produce membrane electrode assemblies
for fuel cells
> NYSE:CZ
| Xetra:CZZ
| Frankfurt, Germany |
| Dupont
Fuel Cells |
Hydrogen,
Reformate, and Direct Methanol Membrane Electrode Assemblies
(MEAs)
> "We create three- and five-layer integrated
MEAs.Our three-layer MEA has the electrodes applied directly
to the Nafion® membrane. Our five-layer MEA has a Nafion®
membrane, with two electrodes and two gas diffusion layers,
and is available with integrated sealing technology. "
> DuPont™
Membrane Electrode Assemblies: MEA3 and MEA5 Product Information
|
| Electrochem,
Inc. |
FC test equipment, electrodes and membrane-electrode-assemblies
(MEAs) |
| Gore™ Fuel
Cell Technologies |
> "GORE™ Fuel Cell Technologies supplies
the most technologically advanced portfolio of Membrane Electrode
Assemblies (MEA products) for the polymer electrolyte, or
proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell industry."
> Gore
Fuel Cell Components
> 4/2003 Presentation: Developing
Durable, Cost- Effective MEAs for Automotive Fuel Cells
|
| Hoku
Scientific |
" Our core products are Hoku MEAs. A single MEA, typically
called a 3-layer MEA, consists of a proton exchange membrane
placed between two electrodes, the anode and cathode, with a
layer of precious metal or alloy catalyst such as platinum between
each electrode and the membrane. In some cases, the MEA is comprised
of five layers, including a porous material to diffuse gases
across each electrode, a 5-layer MEA, and in others an integrated
seal or gasket is also included on each side, making it a 7-layer
MEA. " |
IRD A/S
Denmark |
"product range comprises both Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC) and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC),
in addition to complete Fuel Cell Systems" |
| Pacific Fuel Cell
Corp. |
"designs, and develops *nano-carbon based*
MEAs ("nanoMea"), and graphite based bipolar plates
("BPP")"
> OTCBB:PFCE
> balance
sheet | Income
Statement | SEC
filings |
| PEMEAS |
"PEMEAS has been developing high temperature membrane
electrode assemblies (MEAs) for polymer electrolyte membrane
(PEM) fuel cells for eight years. With more than 100 patents
and the exclusive use of polybenzimidazole for the membrane,
PEMEAS vision is to become a global market leader in MEAs for
high temperature PEM fuel cells in the emerging fuel cell industry."
> Frankfurt, Germany |
| Umicore
pMembrain™ |
"MEAs based on proprietary technology and
especially designed mass manufacturing processes."
> Business bought from OMG |
| Johnson
Matthey Fuel cells |
"the world’s leading producer of precious
metal catalysts and catalyzed components, including membrane
electrode assemblies (MEAs), anode and cathode catalysts, fuel
processor (FP) reactors, fuel processor catalysts and coated
components for the complete fuel cell system." |
|
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| Other |
|
| Ballard Power Systems |
4/11/02 Ballard
Announces Commercial Availability of Industry Leading Gas Diffusion
Layer for PEM Fuel Cells |
| Dana
Corporation |
"Dana engineers are working to develop the
technology and high-volume production methods for numerous components." |
| Donaldson
Co. |
Air filtration and silencers |
| Gerard Daniel
Worldwide |
"Wire Cloth Electro-Chemical Substrates"
"Utilizing wire cloth as a current collector offers designers
properties in battery and fuel cell electrodes that are not
found in other grid structures. More surface area and a higher
profile (knuckles) allow for better adhesion of active material
and conductivity. . ." |
| Modine |
heat exchangers, Xcellsis partner
|
| Opcon AB
|
"Autorotor AB develops and manufactures air systems
for supercharging of fuel cell engines. . . The EU’s HyTRAN
research project, which started in 2004 and will run for four
years, will develop two completely new fuel cell engines. In
this project Autorotor is working together with Europe’s
leading carmakers, car technology companies and research institutions.
Autorotor is the only company in the project developing air
systems for the new engines."
> Air
supply systems for fuel cells "Autorotor’s screw
compressor uses internal compression and can therefore be used
for supercharging."
> Customers have included Ballard,
Plug
Power |
| QuestAir |
Oxygen and hydrogen purification for fuel cell
systems |
| Vairex |
Fuel Cell Air Management |
