About HRI

Hydrogen Research Institute (HRI) of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) is one of Canada’s leading institutions in Hydrogen Research.

Our mission is to advance Science, Engineering and Technology for the establishment of a sustainable energy system using hydrogen particularly in the field of production, storage, safety and applications. The Institute for Hydrogen Research is a multidisciplinary team of over 50 people having at its disposal state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories.

The research and development activities carried out at HRI extend from material science and engineering, system development and technology demonstration to hydrogen safety.

Our research programs include fundamental and applied aspects, including :

• Materials discovery, through modelling and machine learning - High throughput screening by computational techniques, synthesis of the screened potential candidates, characterization of their properties, and experimental validation.
• Studying the physico-chemical phenomenon related to adsorption of gas mixtures as well as (electro)catalysis.
• High throughput screening by computational techniques, synthesis of the screened potential candidates, characterization of their properties, and experimental validation;
• Development of models to optimize the design of systems based on these materials.
• System engineering, system integration and validation.
• Socio- and techno-economic assessments.

The HRI is particularly interested in the development of advanced materials to address the technical gaps needed for commercially competitive Hydrogen Energy systems, in performing fluid dynamics simulations of hydrogen releases for safety, as well as the safety and lifetime analysis of new materials and Hydrogen Energy systems.