Powering the future: Advancing volatile chemical measurement in energy gases and alternative energy sources
Presented at Joint Workshop EMN, Netherlands, 2025
Addressing climate change is a global priority, with ambitious carbon neutrality targets driving significant research and investment. Identifying, validating and scaling alternative energy sources is crucial for achieving these goals.
Implementing alternative energies presents new challenges at every stage, particularly in characterising and understanding the impact of chemical impurities.
Key challenges include:
- Sample collection and preservation.
- Concentration for low-level detection.
- Managing matrix interferences.
In this poster we demonstrate how thermal desorption (TD) is a valuable technique for analysing impurities in energy gases such as hydrogen fuel, carbon dioxide and biogas, as well as proving beneficial for screening materials used in lithium-ion batteries.
