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Life cycle assessment of gas atomised sponge nickel for use in alkaline hydrogen fuel cell applications

This paper has only recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Power Sources (5-year impact factor 5.006, 0 citations, Journal ranked 2nd in Electrochemistry), and represents the summary of the life cycle assessment of nickel aluminide intermetallic powders as used in the anodes of hydrogen fuel cells, work done for the IMPRESS FP6 project. The IMPRESS Integrated Project was a large pan-European "flagship" project in the field of applied material science which ran from 2004 until 2009. The project was managed by the European Space Agency and co-funded by the European Commission as part of the FP6 funding framework. IMPRESS comprised a large multi-disciplinary consortium of 40 research groups and companies, with a total 5-year budget of 41 million Euros, combining the expertise of 150+ leading scientists from 15 countries. (http://spaceflight.esa.int/impress/). The work is significant because it demonstrates the possibility and the massive impact of replacing platinum by nickel within the fuel cell. Company contact Tomy.Antila@hydrocel.com or David.J.Jarvis@esa.int.