About the Hydrogen Materials Advanced Research Consortium

The Hydrogen Materials Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) is a team of five national laboratories with deep expertise in hydrogen science, large-scale computational modeling, and state-of-the-art characterization tools required to develop materials-based solutions for clean, low-cost hydrogen storage.

HyMARC was established as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Energy Materials Network, which aims to dramatically decrease the time-to-market for advanced materials that are critical to manufacturing many clean energy technologies, enabling manufacturers of all sizes to develop and deliver innovative, made-in-America products to the world market.

Now in Phase 3 of its research program, HyMARC is:

• Developing materials-based hydrogen storage systems that exceed the capabilities of current physical storage systems (700 bar pressurized gas and liquid hydrogen)
• Optimizing technologies to meet DOE technical targets, including gravimetric and volumetric capacities and the ability to deliver gases on demand at an appropriate rate and pressure for stationary and transportation applications
• Helping establish overarching performance targets for mobile and stationary applications
• Leveraging state-of-the-art national lab capabilities to develop predictive multiscale modeling, high-resolution in situ characterization, and advanced material synthesis.

HyMARC capabilities are available to industry partners and the hydrogen storage research community through projects funded by the DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and by direct collaborations with HyMARC staff.

For more information on HyMARC and related partnership opportunities, contact us.

By combining the resulting improved understanding of the underlying thermodynamic and kinetic limitations of storage materials with development of new storage concepts, we accelerate development of all types of advanced storage materials, including sorbents, metal hydrides, and hydrogen carriers.

Consortium Partners

Core National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier engineering laboratory, with multi-program responsibilities in nuclear stockpile stewardship, national security technologies, and energy. Sandia's Hydrogen Program, built on a long history of basic and applied science, supports the nation's energy strategy, helping to diversify America's energy sector and reducing our dependence on foreign oil through the advancement of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) develops clean energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advances related science and engineering, and provides knowledge and innovations to integrate energy systems at all scales. From breakthroughs in fundamental science to new clean energy technologies to integrated energy systems that power our lives, NREL researchers are transforming the way the nation and the world use energy.

For more than 50 years, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has advanced the frontiers of science and engineering in the service of our nation and the world. PNNL makes fundamental scientific discoveries that illuminate the mysteries of our planet and the universe and applies scientific expertise to tackle some of the most challenging problems in energy, the environment, and national security.

Combining vision, quality, integrity, and technical excellence, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) advances our nation's security through the production, development, and deployment of energy resources and technology while understanding and reducing their environmental impacts. LLNL possesses extensive experience in hydrogen fuel technologies and in the high-performance computational resources essential for advanced R&D.

Berkeley Lab (LBNL) addresses the world's most urgent scientific challenges by advancing sustainable energy, protecting human health, creating new materials, and revealing the origin and fate of the universe. Founded in 1931, Berkeley Lab's scientific expertise has been recognized with 13 Nobel prizes. Within the hydrogen and related programs, LBNL seeks to understand and optimize next generation energy-related components and materials through physics-based multiscale modeling, novel material discovery, and advanced diagnostics.

User Facilities

Stanford University operates SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for the DOE Office of Science. As one of 17 DOE national labs, SLAC pushes the frontiers of human knowledge and drives discoveries that benefit humankind. SLAC's 2-mile-long particle accelerator is the lab's backbone. Once the scene of major discoveries in particle physics, today it generates the world's brightest X-rays for the lab's revolutionary X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). More than 2,000 scientists come to SLAC each year to use LCLS and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource to probe matter in atomic detail.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research is a national resource for industry, universities, and government agencies. NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. From the smart electric power grid and electronic health records to atomic clocks, advanced nanomaterials, and computer chips, innumerable products and services rely in some way on technology, measurement, and standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Leadership

Key leaders with HyMARC are listed below, along with their affiliation and their role with the consortium. HyMARC team members are listed on the team page.

• Mark Allendorf, Sandia National Laboratories, Co-Director
• Hanna Breunig, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Co-Director
• Tom Gennett, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Co-Director
• Brandon Wood, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Craig Brown, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• David Prendergast, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Foundry
• Jeff Long, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Jinghua Guo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source
• Mark Bowden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Nicholas Strange, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• Phil Parilla, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Sara Havig, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Sara Shulda, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Tae Wook Heo, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Tom Autrey, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Vitalie Stavila, Sandia National Laboratories

About the Energy Materials Network

Accelerating advanced materials development, from discovery through deployment, has the potential to revolutionize whole industries and is critical for the United States to compete globally in manufacturing in the 21st century. However, today only a small fraction of materials innovations make it to widespread commercialization. The goal of the Energy Materials Network (EMN) is to dramatically decrease the time-to-market for advanced materials that are critical to manufacturing many clean energy technologies, enabling manufacturers of all sizes to develop and deliver innovative, made-in-America products to the world market.

Through targeted, national laboratory-led consortia, the EMN will leverage more than $40 million in federal funding to facilitate industry's access to the unique scientific and technical resources at DOE's national labs in high performance computing, synthesis and characterization of new materials, and high-impact experimentation. Each EMN consortium will bring together national labs, industry, and academia to focus on specific classes of materials aligned with industry's most pressing challenges related to materials for clean energy technologies. Together, the EMN consortia will form a network of advanced materials R&D capabilities and resources that will support the Administration's commitment to revitalizing American manufacturing and maintaining a competitive edge in the clean energy economy.