Introducing the Environmental Technology Center
Our Environmental Technology Project has been officially adopted as the R&D theme of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization’s (NEDO) “Industry-Academia-Government Collaborative Research and Development Project to Solve Common Issues for the Dramatic Expansion of Fuel Cell Utilization (2021-2024).”
[R&D Agenda II] Development of Advanced Technologies for Hydrogen Utilization etc. “Hydrogen Tank R&D for Improving Hydrogen Storage Efficiency”
[R&D Agenda III] Development of Technology for the Realization of Multipurpose Fuel Cell Use “Development of Practical Technologies Including Drones Through Collaboration of High-performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Stack and Energy Management”
Atsumitec’s “SUISOBAN,” a photochromic thin film that detects hydrogen. Unlike ordinary hydrogen detectors, “SUISOBAN” uses a hydrogen storage alloy that was thinned down to the nano-level, which becomes transparent when it reacts to hydrogen. The film becomes colorless and transparent when it comes in contact with hydrogen. When there is no hydrogen, it returns to its original metallic color. It is a film-type product that allows you to visually detect hydrogen. By using the photochromatic characteristic (how the penetration rate changes in response to hydrogen) of the product, you can also perform hydrogen detection using light penetration or reflection. At “Hydrogen Stations” which are expected to proliferate in the future, hydrogen will likely be supplied to hydrogen cars. With “SUISOBAN” detecting hydrogen leakage in places such as the underground tank of supply facilities, it will be possible to prevent major accidents.
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