Producing fuel cell [ Return towards  Air Liquide and hydrogen  ]

The principle of the fuel cell was discovered in 1839 but work only actually began on it in the 1950s, with the start of the Apollo space missions. Today, there are still improvements to be made before fuel cells can equip mass-produced cars.

AXANE’s objective is to produce, test and market fuel cells based on PEM* technology.

Working closely with Air Liquide research and development teams, AXANE engineers continue to improve the life span of fuel cells and to make them even more reliable and efficient. Progress over the past four years has made it possible to divide the costs of manufacturing fuels cells by 10.

An AXANE fuel cell has already supplied 7,000 hours of energy to a mobile telephony relay station isolated from the electricity network.

Today, AXANE and Air Liquide propose energy supply solutions today to the markets for which hydrogen provides a real and immediate benefit: mobile energy, backup energy, certain industrial applications, small vehicles and isolated sites.

* PEM for Proton Exchange Membrane