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MONOLITHOS at HYCELTEC 2024

๐ŸŒŸ MONOLITHOS at HYCELTEC 2024 ๐ŸŒŸ

We are thrilled to share that our CEO, Iakovos Yakoumis, recently participated as a keynote lecturer at the ๐ˆ๐— ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง, ๐…๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‡๐˜๐‚๐„๐‹๐“๐„๐‚ 2024, held in Milazzo, Italy, from June 30th to July 3rd. ๐Ÿ”‹

An insightful presentation on “๐๐†๐Œ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐‡๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ” was given, as part of LYDIA project (https://lydiaproject.eu/), that MONOLITHOS coordinates.

๐Ÿ’กThe LYDIA project aims to commercialize #lowcost components (30% lower than commercial) for #fuelcells and #electrolyzers through the #recycling of #spent Membrane Electrode Assemblies (#MEAs). MONOLITHOSโ€™ role is to upgrade the hydrometallurgical leaching process for Platinum Group Metals (#PGMs) recycling from End-of-Life MEAs. โ™ป๏ธ

๐ŸŒ Our #innovative, #ecofriendly and #sustainable recycling process is designed to recover valuable materials, such as #electrocatalysts from fuel cells and electrolyzers, with #highyields. This method not only preserves the efficiency of the recovered materials, but also opens up new opportunities for their second-life applications, making significant strides towards a #circular #hydrogen #economy.

๐Ÿ‘ฅThe esteemed experts were as follows:

๐ŸŽค๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ
Antonino Salvatore Aricรฒ (CNR ITAE), David Sebastian (Instituto de Carboquรญmica ICB – CSIC), Sabrina Zignani (CNR ITAE), Dr. Federico Tasca (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Laetizia Dubau (Universitรฉ Grenoble Alpes), Antonio Vita (CNR ITAE), Cristina Italiano (CNR ITAE), Douglas MacFarlane (Monash University)

๐ŸŽค๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Andrea Zaffora (Universitร  degli Studi di Palermo), Amanda Garcia (Universiteit van Amsterdam (University of Amsterdam)), Laetitia Dubau (Universitรฉ Grenoble Alpes), Enrico Berretti (CNR-ICCOM)

๐ŸŽค๐Š๐ž๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Alexey Serov (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Antonino Salvatore Aricรฒ (CNR ITAE), Mustarelli Piercarlo (Universitร  degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Bicocca), Katsuya Teshima (Shinshu University), Elena Pastor (Universidad de La Laguna), Iakovos Yakoumis (Monolithos Catalysts & Recycling Ltd.), Douglas MacFarlane (Monash University), Fausto Gallucci (Eindhoven University of Technology)

๐Ÿ™We extend our heartfelt thanks to Enzo Baglio for inviting us, to the organizing committee, and everyone involved in making this event a success. Your dedication to advancing the field of hydrogen and fuel cell technology is truly inspiring! ๐Ÿ‘

#HYCELTEC2024 #HydrogenEconomy #FuelCells #SustainableTechnology #Recycling #CircularEconomy #MONOLITHOS