Grimmei and International head car companies carry out Precious Metal Technology Research

Published: Dec 31, 2021 11:14 (GMT+8)

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On December 30, Grammy said that the company has established a hydrogen fuel cell materials research center to develop hydrogen fuel cell catalyst materials for automobiles. It is mainly committed to the development of platinum-carbon catalysts, platinum-cobalt alloy catalysts and platinum-cobalt core-shell catalysts. At present, the Pt/C catalyst developed by the company is equivalent to the performance of the same series of products as the leading enterprises in the industry. At the same time, the company and international head car companies have carried out research on hydrogen fuel vehicle intelligent disassembly, stack disassembly, platinum extraction and other precious metal technology.

Recently, a shareholder asked a question on the interactive platform: Hello, Dong Mi! What is the progress in the research and development of hydrogen fuel cell catalyst materials in your company?

On December 30, Grimme said, thank you for your attention! The company has set up a hydrogen fuel cell materials research center to develop automotive hydrogen fuel cell catalyst materials, mainly devoted to the development of platinum-carbon catalysts, platinum-cobalt alloy catalysts and platinum-cobalt core-shell catalysts.

At present, the Pt/C catalyst developed by the company is equivalent to the performance of the same series of products as the leading enterprises in the industry. At the same time, the company and international head car companies have carried out research on hydrogen fuel vehicle intelligent disassembly, stack disassembly, platinum extraction and other precious metal technology.

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