Sunday, 13 September 2026

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a self-rebuilding high-entropy antiperovskite oxygen-evolution electrode built on porous nickel foam for anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The work is led by Guowen Meng and Bin Chen at the Institute of Solid State Physics in Hefei, the outlet reported.

Rather than resisting surface reconstruction, the design uses it. Under oxygen evolution reaction conditions, the electrode transforms its own surface into an active oxyhydroxide layer, per Hydrogen Fuel News.

Hydrogen Fuel News reported that the electrode can sustain industrially relevant current densities in AEM electrolyzers for hundreds of hours with only minor performance dips.

OQ Alternative Energy (OQAE) and Asyad Group have signed a clean hydrogen offtake term sheet to supply green hydrogen for mobility in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm in Oman, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The partnership pledges to produce more than 91,000 kilograms of low-carbon hydrogen a year, Hydrogen Fuel News reported.

That output could support around eight to ten heavy-duty truck refuels per day, replacing about 1,100 liters of diesel daily, according to the same report.

The agreement is directed at hydrogen use for mobility inside the Duqm special economic zone.

The Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre flew its HYDRA-II liquid-hydrogen drone at Rotterdam The Hague Airport in South Holland, according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The flight was a joint effort by Royal NLR, Rotterdam The Hague Airport and TULIPS, Hydrogen Fuel News reported. The exercise validated hydrogen supply, storage and safe handling in real-world operations at a live airport.

A research group has reported an electrode design that lowers the overpotential of the hydrogen evolution reaction in ammonia-laden alkaline electrolytes to 168 mV at 10 mA/cm², according to Hydrogen Fuel News.

The findings, published in Scientific Reports, describe thermally treated carbon fibers coated with nickel and gold layers to enhance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity in ammonia-containing alkaline media.

Hydrogen Fuel News reported that the team stripped surface sizing from the carbon fibers, then electrodeposited roughly 40 nm of nickel nanoparticles topped with a thin gold layer. The outlet framed the substrate-engineering approach as a path toward cost-effective hydrogen production from ammonia streams.