Fibernex

Advanced Porous Materials and Coatings for Energy and Industrial Applications

Patent-protected 3D nanofiber technology

The Electrode Efficiency Challenge

Green hydrogen must compete with fossil fuels, but electrolyzer electrodes hold it back.

Low surface area: Today's nickel foams and plates have low surface area, limiting performance

Nickel dependency: Heavy reliance on nickel (an EU critical raw material) creates supply-chain risk

High production cost: Costly to produce, driving up CAPEX

The result: lower efficiency and a higher cost per kilogram of hydrogen produced.

Fibernex R&D work in the lab

Engineered for Scale, Designed for Efficiency

FIBERNEX develops next-generation porous materials that combine engineered nanofiber substrates with thin, uniform metallic coatings - delivering significantly higher active surface area than conventional alternatives.

Applied to green hydrogen: a patent-protected 3D nanofiber mat, coated with a thin nickel layer via low-cost electroless plating, replaces bulky nickel-foam electrodes.

Up to 97% Less Nickel

Dramatically reduced material dependency and environmental impact

Up to 10% Efficiency Gain

A 5 MW electrolyzer stack gains ~45 additional tonnes of green hydrogen per year

Patent-Protected

Proprietary manufacturing process

Key Data

FIBERNEX technology is already earning outside validation - from funders, industry partners, and competitions.

~€ 0.9M

Raised to date

DTU grants, InnoExplorer, and BII Venture Lab

15+

Companies in our pilot pipeline

Including Stiesdal, Sungrow, Evoloh, HyDEP, and Hymeth

75%

Lower production cost

TRL 4-5

Laboratory-validated, pilot-ready

350+ hrs

Durability testing, no degradation

1st Prize

DTU Green Challenge 2025

Team

Andrea Russo

Andrea Russo

PhD Electrochemical Materials

CEO and Founder

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Alberto Laggioni

Alberto Laggioni

MSc in Sustainable Energy - Chemical Energy Conversion and Storage

R&D Specialist

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Fabrizio Lisi

Fabrizio Lisi

PhD Candidate in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry and Electrocatalysis

R&D Execution

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Abigail Durand

Abigail Durand

BSc Mechanical Engineering

Master's Thesis Student

Advisors

Jens Oluf Jensen

Jens Oluf Jensen

Professor (30+ yrs, electrochemical materials)

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Mikkel Rykær Kraglund

Mikkel Rykær Kraglund

PhD (10+ yrs, electrochemical materials)

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