{"id":13473,"date":"2025-07-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/news\/efcf-2025-in-lucerne-news-from-our-research\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:48:22","slug":"efcf-2025-in-lucerne","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/news\/efcf-2025-in-lucerne\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCF 2025 in Lucerne \u2013 News from our research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ZBT scientists at EFCF 2025 in Lucerne<\/h1>\n

Advances in electrolysis and fuel cell research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At the European Electrolyser and Fuel Cell Forum (EFCF 2025)<\/strong> in Lucerne, researchers from ZBT presented their findings on electrolysis and fuel cells. The contributions ranged from novel laser-structured titanium foils for more efficient PEM electrolysis cells to data-driven methods for predicting service life and investigations into hydrogen quality at filling stations and alternative catalysts beyond iridium.<\/p>\n

Foto: \u00a9 Luzern Tourismus | Laila Bosco<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Laser-structured titanium foils<\/h2>\n

\u2018Laser-structured titanium foils as PTL in PEM-WE cells and the influence of porosity on mass transport properties on the anode side\u2019<\/h4>\n

For many of those who followed ZBT scientist Sebastian Hirt’s presentation at the EFCF \u2013 European Electrolyser and Fuel Cell Forum, this presentation title will have been perfectly understandable. For everyone else, an explanation may be necessary:<\/p>\n

What is a PTL<\/strong>? And what is the significance of the pores in the titanium foil<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

The porous transport layer<\/strong> (PTL) is a central component of electrolysers, especially in proton exchange membrane water electrolysis<\/strong> (PEMWE).<\/p>\n

It fulfils three important tasks:<\/strong><\/p>\n