Belgium is taking a leading position in the transition towards a hydrogen economy thanks to many companies and research institutes active in hydrogen technologies. UGent-MMS focuses on an important link in the future hydrogen economy, being the storage of hydrogen in pressurized composite tanks, both in the vehicle itself as in refueling stations.

UGent-MMS is partner in a large VLAIO ICON research project (COMFHY, VAISTB2024001401) with several leading companies in the automotive industry, and has also a FWO PhD fellowship on this topic (FWO3F02023008701). The research projects aim at developing composite solutions for future hydrogen storage tanks.

In total, there are 4 PhD students and 1 postdoc working on this topic. The BOF Basic Funding will be used to foresee backup funding for the 4^th year of the three PhD’s on the VLAIO ICON project, to extend the contract of the postdoc and add extra consumables for publication fees and travelling to conferences.