On 21 October 2024, the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS was visited by representatives of the Taiwan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Partnership (CEO M. Lin) and Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (Vice President Ch. Tso) together with a representative of Tripod Nano Technology (CEO P. Chang). On behalf of the Institute of Thermomechanics, the meeting was attended by its Director M. Chomát, Head of the Department of Shocks and Waves in Solids D. Gabriel and Head of the Hydrogen Technology Laboratory T. Nemec. The participants visited the Laboratory of Hydrogen Technologies and got acquainted with its research programme, which focuses on the development of catalytic layers of noble metal nanomaterials for hydrogen technologies.
Representatives of Tripod Nano Technology have expressed interest in collaborating on the development of catalytic materials and MEA (membrane electrode assemblies) for hydrogen applications.