{"id":6932,"date":"2021-11-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod.zbt.compositas.io\/projects\/nachhaltigere-brennstoffzellen-projekt-fc_bio-gestartet\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:06:12","slug":"fc_bio","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/zbt.de\/en\/projects\/fc_bio\/","title":{"rendered":"FC_Bio - Making fuel cells more sustainable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FC_Bio project launched: Making fuel cells more sustainable<\/h2>\n
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Producing \u201corganic\u201d fuel cells: Which petroleum-based materials can be replaced by renewable raw materials? ZBT is working with partner institutes on innovative materials that will make fuel cells even more sustainable.<\/p>\n

Fuel cells are considered a clean way to generate electricity. But many components of fuel cell stacks are made from petroleum or other energy-intensive or problematic materials. The just launched lead technology overall project\u00a0Biobased Fuel Cells (FC_Bio)<\/b>\u00a0aims to substitute conventional petroleum-based materials in fuel cell technology with\u00a0renewable raw materials<\/b>. Through the use of innovative adhesive joining processes, the focus is also to be on improving economic production in order to promote the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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To achieve the overall goal, the three research institutes involved are concentrating their core competencies: The Institut f\u00fcr F\u00fcge- und Schwei\u00dftechnik (Institute for Joining and Welding Technology) of the Technical University of Braunschweig (project coordinator) is responsible for\u00a0adhesive and joining technology<\/b>, the Fraunhofer Institut f\u00fcr Holzforschung Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (Institute for Wood Research) focuses on\u00a0material development of biobased materials<\/b>, and the ZBT – THE HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL CENTER will take the lead in material development as well as\u00a0measurement and testing technologies<\/b>\u00a0in the field of fuel cell development.<\/p>\n

The overall project Biobased Fuel Cells is divided into\u00a0four subprojects<\/b>:<\/p>\n