Scheme for Promotion of academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)

IIT Madras Researchers have collaborated with German Researchers to develop new materials for Green Energy Solutions. This research project was taken up under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

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Key-Points

The project aims to develop alternative technologies to produce Green Hydrogen. Depletion of conventional fossil fuels and natural gases combined with increasing demand for alternative sources of energy necessitates prioritizing research on producing and storing non-polluting energy forms or ‘Green Energy.’

Conventional methods of generating hydrogen result in a large quantity of carbon dioxide. Whereas electrochemical splitting of water, called ‘Water Electrolysis’ (WE), is clean, facile, and highly efficient technology for large-scale production of high-purity H2.

About SPARC

SPARC is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

It is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. A budget of Rs. 66 lakh has been allocated for this SPARC project.

It aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s Higher Educational Institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between Indian Institutions and the best institutions in the world from 28 selected nations to jointly solve problems of national and/or international relevance.