DTU researchers 3D‑printed a ceramic solid‑oxide cell with a gyroid (TPMS) architecture that reportedly delivers over 1 watt per gram and withstands thermal cycling while switching between power generation and storage. In electrolysis mode, the design allegedly increases hydrogen production rates by nearly a factor of ten versus standard fuel cells.
— If this geometry‑plus‑manufacturing leap translates to scale, it could materially lower the weight and cost of fuel cells and green hydrogen, reshaping decarbonization options in industry, mobility, and grid storage.
Devin Reese
2025.12.02
70% relevant
Both items are materials‑science breakthroughs that use structure (micro/meso geometry) plus manufacturing advances to unlock orders‑of‑magnitude performance gains for energy and devices; the Nautilus article reports a Cornell team producing near‑ultrablack wool via nanoscale surface structuring—analogous to the gyroid work that remade fuel‑cell performance—so the public‑policy questions (scale, industrialization, supply chains, standards) overlap.
Isegoria
2025.10.11
100% relevant
The 'Monolithic Gyroidal Solid Oxide Cell' (“The Monolith”) from Technical University of Denmark with >1 W/g output and ~10x hydrogen rate in electrolysis mode.
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