Celmet™ for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology at Hannover Messe 2024

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. will exhibit its porous metal Celmet™ at Hannover Messe, one of the world's largest industrial trade fairs, to be held from Monday 22 April to Friday 26 April 2024 in Hannover, Germany at the exhibition for hydrogen and fuel cell-related technologies.  The company’s stand will be in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Europe, Europe's leading hydrogen and fuel cell exhibition with around 300 exhibitors from all over the world and around 130,000 visitors in 2023.

Celmet™, which will be exhibited at the Hannover Messe, is a porous material with a three-dimensional structural framework. It is more flexible (elastic) than porous materials made from sintered metal powder or metal fibers, has a high porosity of up to 98% and eight types of pore diameters between 0.45mm and 3.2mm, and can be processed into various shapes by cutting and pressing. These features can be utilized to improve the filling, retention and current collection properties of active materials in battery applications and are therefore often used as current collectors in nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles.

In addition to nickel, the line-up includes alloys Ni-Cr and Ni-Sn, which can be used in a wide range of fields, including fuel cell collector applications and various filter materials.

In the future hydrogen society, Celmet™ is expected to be applied to a wide range of applications and functions in new fields, such as electrode materials for water electrolysis equipment and fuel cells.

Celmet™ official website:

(English):      https://sumitomoelectric.com/products/celmet

(Japanese):   https://sumitomoelectric.com/jp/products/celmet

Come and connect with the Sumitomo Electric Group at Hall 13, E20/1.  We look forward to seeing you in Hannover!

For more information, please contact our European sales team.

25 March 2024/CP