Metafoam's Porous Electrodes Show Exciting Results for Hydrogen Production

Montreal, March 13^th, 2008

Metafoam Technologies Inc. proudly announces that its metal foam electrodes have yielded promising results for hydrogen production.

Preliminary tests were done at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) by Professor Benoît Marsan's team. According to him, "such a material could lead to significant energy savings and thus encourage hydrogen usage as a green source of energy".

Metafoam's nickel foams used as porous electrodes in water electrolysis have shown exciting results thanks to their high specific surface area. Actually, Metafoam's material has reached roughness factors 2 to 25 times higher than standard porous meshes and competing metal foams.

"Metafoam's materials could lead to a significant performance increase in other electrochemical fields, namely chemicals production, fuel cells, and batteries", according to Dominic Pilon, Founder and Chief Technology Officer.

Metafoam and UQAM will pursue their investigation in the following months.

About Metafoam Technologies

Metafoam Technologies Inc. is specialized in the development and commercialization of innovative open-cell metal foam solutions for thermal management, electrochemistry, and other value-added applications. Thanks to its unique production process, Metafoam is revolutionizing the metal foam industry by offering the highest specific surface area.

About Université du Québec à Montréal

Université du Québec à Montréal is part of Canada's largest university network. Professor Benoît Marsan is Director of the graduate studies at UQAM's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and an electrochemistry specialist in environmental solutions such as alkaline water electrolysis, fuel cells, rechargeable metal-air batteries, solar cells, and cyanide destruction.

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Source:

Karine Vézina

Marketing Director

karine.vezina@metafoam.com

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