On the afternoon of April 30, Professor Hu Song, Director of the Research Center of ICARE, Prof.Alain Thorel, European Coordinator of ICARE, Xiao Chenxu, Assistant to the ResearchCenter Director, Professor Daria Vladikova, Scientific Coordinator of the H2START Center of Excellence for Hydrogen Technologies at Trakia University in Bulgaria, and Zhivko, Enterprise Director, held an online scientific research seminar.
Professor Daria is highly proficient in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technology and has extensive scientific research experience in the fields of hydrogen energy technology, fuel cells, and electrolyzers. She introduced the team’s core technologies, explaining how green hydrogen, methanol, and biogas can be produced from raw materials such as biomass and biogas, while metals can be extracted from waste to prepare porous carbon-based battery catalysts. At the same time, carbon dioxide can be captured and utilized in the food and beverage industry, achieving waste reduction and high-value utilization.
Subsequently, Professor Hu Song introduced ICARE’s scientific research activities, emphasizing that ICARE benefits from the university’s national-level laboratories and research and innovation centers in fields such as hydrogen energy, biomass energy, and solar energy, demonstrating HUST’s strong scientific research infrastructure. He also shared ICARE’s achievements in biomass conversion, waste treatment, hydrogen production, and hydrogen storage. These technologies can contribute to reducing carbon emissions from coal, promoting biomass upgrading and power generation, and supporting China’s new energy development policies.
The experts attending the seminar unanimously agreed that China and Europe possess strong complementarity and broad cooperation potential in the fields of new energy and environmental protection. Representatives from both sides expressed their intention to identify common research interests and explore future cooperation mechanisms through close communication. They also discussed organizing delegations for field visits in China and Bulgaria to promote face-to-face technical exchanges and contribute to the global energy transition and the realization of the “dual carbon” goals.
This meeting established an efficient international platform for industry-university-research cooperation, laid a solid foundation for future collaborative innovation and Sino-European project cooperation, and promoted the transnational development of green and low-carbon technologies.
