HYDRAGON
From Light to Energy
Hydragon unites world-leading research teams across material research, solar energy, and green hydrogen — bridging continents, disciplines, and ideas to transform hydrogen production.
Our mission: The ultimate goal of the project is the fabrication of an efficient photoelectrochemical cell device using direct sunlight irradiation for efficient hydrogen production.
Meet the coordinator and partners of the Hydragon Consortium.
Designing new composites by combination of semiconducting MOFs, perovskites, metal oxides and gallium nitride materials for unprecedented material synergy, maximizing activity (STH efficiency/energy transfer) and long-term stability.
Exploration of MXenes as non-precious metal co-catalysts, replacing expensive Au, Pt, Pd or less sustainable Ni, Co materials, to improve charge separation and reduce electron-hole recombination.
Carbon textiles represent an outstanding choice from every perspective - technologically, economically, and sustainability - allowing scalable and sustainable solar-driven hydrogen production.
First use of metalated and non-metalated phthalocyanines and porphyrins as both photosensitisers and MOF-ligands to enhance PEC H2 production
Development of robust, cost-effective tandem cell devices enabling overall water splitting (OWS) reactions.
Broader investigation of semiconducting materials and co-catalysts to diversify and improve photocathodes, beyond the current reliance on precious-metals.
