Michelin backs AEM electrolysers to combine the best of PEM and alkaline technologies

Global tyre manufacturer Michelin will develop anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolysers in a bid to combine “the best of both worlds” of PEM and alkaline electrolysis.

Under a new four-year partnership with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble Institute of Technology and Savoie Mont Blanc University, Michelin will participate in the development of AEM technology.

The partnership will be led by AlcalHylab, the tenth joint research laboratory between Michelin and the CNRS. Jacques Maddaluno, Director of CNRS Chemistry said it’s another “illustration of the mutual trust between [the] two institutions.”