Founded by JP Corso, entrepreneur from Chalon sur Saône and professor B. Gauthier-Manuel from Besançon’s FEMTO-ST laboratory, our startup, CLHYNN, proposes a totally disruptive technology of green hydrogen fuel cells, without platinum catalyst, nor any pressurized tank
Green hydrogen fuel cells
Without pressure tank because it produces its own hydrogen
More durable materials
Strategic Risk-Free Sourcing
Resources 1000 times cheaper and 10,000 times less rare than platinum
Perspectives of the Hydrogen sector
Massive global investments (9 billion inv. French State)
Peak transport because currently 30% of GHG emissions.
Source – “Hydrogen Council”
The fuel cell market for vehicles
Cost of vehicle ~80k€
Share of the fuel cell system market
worth several billions of euros
Sector’s restraints
Our value proposal
technology
Patented
(3 patents as of now)
Our fuel cell generates its own hydrogen
It uses a nickel catalyst instead of platinum.
It uses several possible materials including commercial materials .
Customer benefits
Affordable
1000 times less expensive catalyst than the platinum one, and without onerous tank to maintain the gas under pressure
Practical
30% to 300% more autonomous for the same tank volume, quick replacement of the H2 source
Technological compatibility with current membranes.
Adoption accelerator
Allows not to wait until the creation of infrastructures
Time to market
Geostrategic
no risk of supply disruption compared to platinum, which is one of the eight most strategic metals for France (80% South Africa, 10% Russia)
Competitive position
Ease of use: comparable to the most common technology (PEMFC) low temperature use
Versatility: allows to address the same variety of markets while keeping its broad advantages (unlike methanol batteries, which are toxic)
Business model
Market strategy
Product sales: in very targeted, mature, demanding sectors related to other segments of the transport sector (e.g. intralogistics)
High added value / limited volumes Licence sales: throughout the transport sector, wider High added value/ high volumes
Achieved to date
TRL1
Basic principles observed
TRL2
Technology concept formulated
TRL3
Experimental proof of concept
TRL4
Technology validated in lab
TRL5
Technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
TRL6
Technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment in the case of key enabling technologies)
TRL7
System prototype demonstration in operational environment
TRL8
System complete and qualified
TRL9
Actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in the case of key enabling technologies; or in space)
roadmap
Activity forecasts
The team
JEAN-PATRICK CORSO – CEO
Entrepreneur, former CEO for SMEs and responsible for major projects in the Energy sector
In charge of commercial strategy, external and contractual relations (investor, partners and customers)
professor bernard gauthier-manuel – CSO
Researcher and inventor of the patents
In charge of the technical part, validation of the technical options.
saïd bouhtiyya – FUTURE CTO
Ingénieur Ph. D Materials Engineering
Force of technical proposal, in charge of manufacturing follow-up and optimization of Capex/Opex costs
Interested in becoming a partner or investor?
Please contact us
jp.corso@clhynn.com