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DE-centralised Cloud labs fOr inDustrialisation of Energy materials

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Cracking the code of enhancing clean energy potential

The clean energy technology sector struggles to meet ambitious commercialisation targets due to a lack of coordination among labs with complementary capabilities. The EU-funded DECODE project aims to break down these barriers by creating a decentralised and adaptive cloud-connect labs concept. At its core, DECODE strives to develop and deploy three innovative modules: 1) the DECODE Foundry, a semantic search engine for bundling methods and tools into practical workflows, 2) the DECODE FABRIC, a matrix connecting modelling and characterisation suites, and 3) the DECODE CPU for the orchestration of a given materials integration pipeline. The platform integrates AI-driven data management and ontological mapping for seamless collaboration among partner labs. DECODE focuses on water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells as test cases, heralding a new era in collaborative clean energy research.

Objective

DECODE aims at creating and demonstrating a decentralised and adaptable future lab concept that connects multiple labs on a single platform in order to boost the effectiveness and speed-up the development and innovation path for clean energy materials and technologies. Initially demonstrated for selected hydrogen technologies, the DECODE platform is expected to find wide adoption in the clean technology field in the longer run, including energy harvesting, conversion and storage; clean water technologies; and the synthesis of value-added chemicals and fuels. The core of the platform comprises three elements: the DECODE FABRIC that connects adaptative multi-scale modelling and characterisation suites in a matrix-like structure; a scoring concept to assess modelling and characterisation suites in terms of their integration readiness level (IRL); and an AI-enabled central unit (CPU) that processes the IRL scores, performs the technology mapping to the FABRIC and orchestrates contributions in modelling and characterisation from partner labs. For the platform as a whole, DECODE strives to achieve a high level of flexibility, adaptability, and interoperability, in terms of materials modification strategies, technologies and operating regimes that it will be able to handle. Water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cell technologies are selected for the demonstration of DECODE’s decentralised labs platform. The project will join leading expertise and capabilities in physical theory and modelling, design, fabrication, operando characterisation and testing of functional materials and components, materials digitalisation and cloud-connected lab operations, and industrial-grade component integration and in-line/end-of-line testing and validation by industrial partners in the consortium.

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Call for proposal

HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
Net EU contribution
€ 1 403 968,75
Address
WILHELM JOHNEN STRASSE
52428 Julich
Germany

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Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Düren
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Research Organisations
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€ 1 403 968,75

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Last update: 6 December 2023

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