{"id":4776,"date":"2025-06-16T14:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:12:39","slug":"fuel-cell-production-we-research-and-develop-the-heart-of-hydrogen-mobility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.innovation4e.de\/en\/2025\/06\/16\/fuel-cell-production-we-research-and-develop-the-heart-of-hydrogen-mobility\/","title":{"rendered":"We Research and Develop the Heart of Hydrogen Mobility \u2013 #FutureEnergy Fuel Cell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space has dedicated its Science Year 2025 to solutions and ideas in energy research. For us at Europe’s largest solar research institute, this has been part of our DNA since 1981. That’s why we asked our colleagues what #FutureEnergy<\/strong> plays a special role in their everyday work. In this (mainly German) blog series, we introduce our researchers, their projects, and their personal views on energy and the energy transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neethu Philip Thombra<\/strong> is the face of Science Year 2025, so she’s a must-have for our blog series. A photo of her in our fuel cell lab was picked for the campaign of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space. It’s high time to learn more about her work on the fuel cell of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The poster for Science Year 2025 \u2013 Future Energy on the exterior of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space in Berlin shows our colleague Neethu Philip Thombra in the fuel cell laboratory at Fraunhofer ISE. \u00a9 Fraunhofer ISE<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

What are you researching at ISE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am working in the hydrogen fuel cell production group as a researcher. In our group, we develop the membrane electrode assembly (MEA), which is the part in a fuel cell where hydrogen is converted into electricity, heat and water. Therefore, you can say, it is the electrochemical heart of a fuel cell. MEAs of excellent quality which are produced efficiently, cost-effectively and sustainably are essential to the successful fuel cell mobility. With our production research in this area, we support the upscaling of fuel cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My research tasks mainly involve optimizing process conditions like temperature and pressure, based on material characterization techniques, and process development of the MEA production.<\/p>\n

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Neethu Philip Thombra<\/strong>
Research Associate Fuel Cell Production at Fraunhofer ISE<\/p>\n\n\n\n