Platinum & hydrogen guide
Electrolyzer PGM Recycling
Recovering platinum and iridium from PEM electrolyzer value chains.
Energy-system note: platinum matters in selected components, not everywhere hydrogen appears. Real equipment decisions require current manufacturer data, codes and qualified engineering.
What this topic covers
Recovering platinum and iridium from PEM electrolyzer value chains.
Core energy-system ideas
PEM electrolyzers contain more than one economically important PGM.
Recycling should therefore track platinum and iridium separately.
Manufacturing scrap can be an especially concentrated and well-characterized recycling stream.
Important tradeoffs
Collection and recovery yield are different parts of circularity and should be tracked separately.
Material and performance evidence
Primary and secondary platinum supply are complementary rather than mutually exclusive.
Lifecycle perspective
Chemical extraction and refining procedures are hazardous and intentionally outside this site.