How ReMade@ARI can provide R&D with free access Europe's most advanced Research Infrastructures
Duncan Atkins a b
a Institute Laue Langevin, Avenue des Martyrs, 71, Grenoble, France
b ReMade@ARI
Invited Speaker, Duncan Atkins, presentation 003
Publication date: 26th March 2026

At ReMade@ARI your R&D departments have the possibility of freely accessing Europe's best existing analytical facilities, instrumentation, methods and the know-how to use them for advanced materials characterization in H2 PtX! Together we will realize your idea, and make a substantial impact on the circular economy.

The project provides scientists who are working on the design of new recyclable materials with analytical tools that enable them to explore the properties and the structure of their material in smallest details up to atomic resolution. ReMade@ARI commits to leverage the development of innovative, sustainable materials for key components in the most diverse sectors, including the immerging Hydrogen Industry, on an unprecedented level. It continues to be the central hub in Europe for all sectors and research areas in which new materials for a circular economy will be developed.

Specific examples will be shown from the world leading neutron reseach facility, the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France. The benefits of such advanced instrumentation leading to the obtention of experimental data, coupled and compared with theoretical simulation activities, will be given. For instance, combined, operando and high resolution small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron imaging (NI) provide unique and complimentary in-situ local water distribution profiles in operating Hydrogen PtX fuel cells. The results reveal the formation of significant in and through-plane H2O gradients as a function of operating parameters, from nanometer to micrometer scales, and in real-time [1]. These findings, augmented by the investigation of new, more environmentally friendly proton exchange membranes, highlight the intra-cellular complexity of gaseous and fluid flow, and how these essential factors affect functionality, leading to improvements in efficiency and overall cell performance of commercial cells.

Funded by the European Union as part of the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01 under grant agreement number 101058414 and co-funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee (grant number 10039728) and by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under contract number 22.00187.

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