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DOE Offices and Programs

The DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program includes participation from the Offices of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE), Fossil Energy (FE), Nuclear Energy (NE), and Science (SC). Each office manages activities that address hydrogen technologies that meet the needs of their respective feedstocks and target applications.

DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Activities and R&D by Office

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy		Science	Fossil Energy	Nuclear Energy
Hydrogen Production	Photolytic Water Splitting Renewable Electrolysis Biological and Biobased Ultra-High-Temp. Thermalochemical Systems (Solar) Analysis Distributed Reforming	Novel Materials for Hydrogen Storage Membranes for Separation, Purification, and Ion Transport Design of Catalysts at the Nanoscale Solar Hydrogen Production Bio-inspired Materials and Processes	Natural Gas-to-Hydrogen Separation Technologies Hydrogen from Coal R&D: Separation, Separation Reactors, Process Intensification; Optimal Hydrogen-rich Liquids for Distributed Reforming	High-Temperature Thermochemical Systems High-Temperature Electrolysis Reactor/Process Interface
Hydrogen Delivery	Infrastructure Analysis Compression and Liquefaction Storage Pipelines Carriers
Hydrogen Storage	Physical Storage Metal Hydrides Carbon-Based Materials Chemical Hydrogen Storage Novels Materials & Concepts		Metal-Organic Frameworks
Conversion/ Fuel Cells	Electrocatalysts; Membranes; Bipolar Plates; Sensors Thermal/Water Management Fuel-Flexible Fuel Processors Analysis
Applications/ Technology Validation1	Technology Validation- Transportation and Stationary Learning Demonstrations Infrastructure and Vehicle Analysis		FutureGen Project3 Hydrogen/Natural Gas Mixtures in Advanced HCCI Engines	Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP)3
Safety	Safety Oversight of DOE Hydrogen R&D Sensor Development
Codes & Standards2	Codes & Standards Research and Development, Harmonization and Analysis
Education	Training and Educational Programs for Multiple Target Audiences

¹Coordination with DOT, Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP), EPA, U.S. DRIVE; ²Coordination with DOT, EPA, NIST, DOD, NASA; ³Although not funded under the Hydrogen Initiative, these programs are related and important to the implementation of a hydrogen economy