Fcanode isolated several interesting materials and potential catalysts that exhibited the desired levels of hydrogen oxidation and carbon monoxide tolerance to support the project's objectives.
Another focus of the project has been the development of efficient electrode supports capable of withstanding high voltages and temperatures to catalyse both hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction.
Researchers focused on various metals of the same particle size in different local environments in order to establish the link between catalyst properties and their roles in the industrially important hydrogenation/oxidation and isomerisation reactions.