Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)

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Public research university in Québec specializing in applied research, including earth sciences and energy resources.

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Platinum catalyst

A rare earth material used in hydrogen fuel cells to facilitate energy conversion. Platinum is expensive, difficult to procure and refine, and its extraction and refinement process produces waste that can poison water supplies.

Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

A semiconductor material used in the nanostructured electrodes, which has been atomically altered to improve its sunlight absorption capabilities.

Play-based natural hydrogen targeting framework (R2G2)

A proprietary geoscience framework developed by QIMC that integrates geological structures, stratigraphy, and surface geochemical data to define natural hydrogen ‘plays’ and prioritize drilling targets in regions like Nova Scotia.[1][2][8][9]

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Springhill and Southampton licence areas, Nova Scotia

Springhill and Southampton licence areas, Nova Scotia

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Reed-derived catalyst research

Research project investigating the use of waste reed biomass to create a cheaper, more stable catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells. The project focuses on developing iron-nitrogen-carbon catalysts enhanced with silicon from reed waste as a replacement for expensive platinum.

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West Advocate Natural Hydrogen Exploration Project

QIMC’s exploration project near West Advocate, Nova Scotia, where drilling has reported a 10.77% hydrogen mud-gas reading and a 243 m hydrogen-bearing interval that underpin the regional structural hydrogen model.

Southampton Natural Hydrogen Exploration Project

First Atlas’s exploration initiative in the Southampton licence area of Nova Scotia, where QIMC’s play-based framework is being applied to define and prioritise hydrogen drill targets.

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Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique – Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications

Canadian Light Source

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Dr. Marc Richer-Laflèche

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An active and robust Si-Fe/N/C catalyst derived from waste reed for oxygen reduction

Natural hydrogen (white hydrogen) exploration methods and play concepts

Sunlight photosensitive nanostructured electrodes for green hydrogen production

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First Atlas Expands QIMC’s R2G2 Framework to Advance Natural Hydrogen Exploration in Nova Scotia

28 days ago

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) is a Québec-based graduate-level research university that has collaborated with Q Precious & Battery Metals (now part of the First Atlas story) and QIMC on natural hydrogen exploration in Nova Scotia.[10] In earlier work, INRS participated in confirming at least two

DiagnaMed Launches Natural Hydrogen Exploration Campaign in Ontario Using Proven Quebec Model

11 months 29 days ago

INRS, represented in this campaign by Dr. Marc Richer-Laflèche, created and validated the exploration model used in Quebec for identifying natural hydrogen resources, which will now be deployed in Ontario in partnership with DiagnaMed and QIMC[2][3][4].

Sunlight photosensitive nanostructured electrodes produce green hydrogen fuel

5 years 5 months ago

A research team from INRS is collaborating with a French team to develop sunlight photosensitive nanostructured electrodes for green hydrogen production.

New research finds that reeds could help make cheaper high-performance fuel cells

7 years 11 months ago

Quebec-based research institution where the breakthrough study on reed-derived fuel cell catalysts was conducted. The research group is led by Shuhui Sun and includes Ph.D. student Qiliang Wei.

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