Research in the Paul Wurth Chair
The Paul Wurth Chair is active in fundamental and applied hydrogen research. We develop novel materials and membranes for separation and purification of hydrogen from gas mixtures. We develop technologies for converting green ammonia to green hydrogen using catalytic and electrochemical approaches, and we lead major industry collaborations to develop green hydrogen infrastructure in Luxembourg.
Green ammonia conversion
Enabling global transport of green hydrogen
We are establishing a complete end-to-end conversion facility for green ammonia to green hydrogen, including a customised high-temperature catalytic reactor, gas handling, purification, and comprehensive gas mixture analytics using online gas chromatography. This enables us to study catalysts, reaction conditions, and membranes for product gas purification in a highly automated process.
Concurrently we are building up our capacity for detailed fundamental and applied investigation of electrochemical processes related to ammonia and hydrogen.
Direct electrochemical conversion of ammonia to hydrogen holds great promise as a process which could be operated efficiently at moderate process conditions and driven by renewable electricity (e.g. solar electricity).