Award History

The prestigious f-cell Award has been presented since 2009 and thus looks back on a tradition almost as long as the  trade fair & conference for Hydrogen & Fuel Cell.

Award winners 2009 - 2021


Award winner 2021

Category products & market: FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG:
BLUEPOWER - hydrogen fuel cell drive trains for a climate-neutral goods and cargo transport
Category research & development: Charles University:
Structural modification of Proton Exchange Membrane: Toward stable, low-iridium loading water electrolyzer

Award winner 2020

Category products & market: Ionomr Innovations Inc.: Pemion™ Hydrocarbon Proton Exchange Membranes and Ionomers for Fuel Cell Applications
Category research & development: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE): Through-Plane Ionomer Gradients in Fuel Cell Catalyst Layers for Enhanced Power Density

Award winner 2019

Category products & market: Alstom: Alstom iLINT Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid Reginal Passenger Train
Category research & development: Hahn Schickard Research Institute: Nanofiber interlayer for PEM water electrolysis: strongly improved efficiency and durability

Award winner 2018

Main prize: Hy2gen / Norsk H2 : Commercial carbon free green hydrogen production- a sustainable energy source

Recognition prize: DLR / NEL: Segmented bipolar plate for alkaline electrolysis of water

Award winner 2017:

Category research & development:
Textile carbon electrodes for microbial fuel cells (TexKoMBZ)
Institute for Textile Technology Augsburg gGmbH and Institute of Applied Microbiology of RWTH Aachen University
Category products & market:
Optimised medium for micronAir BZ filter type N
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies SE & Co. KG

Award winner 2016

Category products & market: 1st prize: Solaris Bus & Coach S.A.
Category research & development: 1st prize: Forschungszentrum Jülich: Institute for Energy and Climate Research IEK-3

Category products & market: 2nd prize: Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH
Category research & development: 2nd prize: Institute of Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Hydrogenics Corporation 

Award winner 2015

Category products & market: ElringKlinger AG 
Category research & development: Institute for Microsystems Technology (IMTEK) of the Technical Faculty of the University of Freiburg

Award winner 2014

Category Science, 1st prize: Institute for Microsystems Technology at the University of Freiburg
Category Classic, 1st prize: Daimler AG 
Category Classic, recognition: Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH
Category Classic, recognition: Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG

Award winners 2013

Category Classic, 1st prize: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg
Category Classic, 2nd prize: Wenger Engineering GmbH, Ulm
Category Science, 1st prize: Fraunhofer Institute IFAM, Dresden
Category Science, 2nd prize: University of Ulm, Ulm
Category Start Up: eZelleron GmbH, Dresden

Award winners 2012

Category Classic: Ceramic Fuel Cells GmbH
Category Science: CAN GmbH 
Category Start-Up: New enerday GmbH

Award Winner 2011

f-cell Award 2011 Gold: Daimler AG
f-cell Award 2011 Silver: Robert Bosch GmbH
f-cell Award 2011 Bronze: SFC Energy and N2telligence GmbH

Award Winner 2010

f-cell Award 2010 Gold: REINZ-Dichtungs-GmbH
f-cell Award 2010 Silver: WS Reformer GmbH
f-cell Award 2010 Bronze: GM Alternative Propulsion Center Europe

Award Winner 2009

f-cell Award 2009 Gold: Daimler AG
f-cell Award 2009 Silver: Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH
f-cell Award 2009 Bronze: University of Freiburg and Micronas GmbH