Plug Power and BASF have formalized a cooperation agreement that could sharpen the competitive edge of hydrogen liquefaction facilities. The partnership positions BASF’s DeOxo and Sorbead® Air technologies as key components within Plug Power’s hydrogen liquefaction plant portfolio.
BASF’s DeOxo catalysts, including the Purivate™ Pd15 product, have now been formally qualified for Plug Power’s global projects following an extensive technical review. The catalysts, which remove trace levels of oxygen to ensure hydrogen purity, operate effectively at low temperatures and offer high catalytic efficiency while minimizing dependence on expensive precious metals. This lowers operational expenditure and improves system stability—two major hurdles in commercial-scale green hydrogen deployment.
The collaboration also includes Plug Power’s qualification of BASF’s Sorbead® Air, a proprietary aluminosilicate gel used to dehydrate electrolytic hydrogen with high energy efficiency. As electrolysis becomes a dominant production pathway in the shift away from fossil hydrogen, Sorbead’s inclusion ensures better energy balance across Plug’s hydrogen value chain.
Hydrogen liquefaction—critical for long-distance transport and storage—requires precise purification steps to avoid contamination and optimize thermodynamic efficiency. Impurities such as oxygen and water can freeze or react under cryogenic conditions, jeopardizing plant uptime. The combined deployment of DeOxo catalysts and Sorbead® Air offers a compact and efficient purification architecture that meets the increasing performance demands of modern hydrogen infrastructure.
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