Science cluster
Summary
HYDRA aims to advance sustainable energy technologies by creating an open, FAIR-compliant database enabling the rapid and resource-efficient modeling of new rare earth elements - REE-containing materials that meet the requirements of future hydrogen technologies and green energy. These materials are essential for hydrogen storage and green energy systems, such as wind turbines and electric motors.
The resulting database will be the basis for developing new and improving existing materials, considering cost-effectiveness and durability, and contributing to developing hydrogen and green energy logistics.
Challenge
Hydrogen is a key energy carrier for achieving global carbon neutrality, yet its widespread adoption is limited by the lack of reliable, cost-effective, and durable storage and transport materials. Rare earth elements (REEs), critical to the EU economy, play a vital role in both hydrogen storage and the production of high-performance permanent magnets. However, their scarcity, high cost, and the absence of systematised data linking synthesis and processing parameters to structural and phase composition properties of REE-containing materials hinder the effective prediction of the functional properties of products based on them.
Solution
HYDRA aims to create a structured database containing the results of experimental studies on the properties of REE-containing materials, which depend on the conditions of their synthesis, processing, crystallographic parameters, microstructural features, phase, and chemical composition.
The project combines the practical expertise of scientists in materials science and data analysis and processing, enabling the rapid and resource-efficient modeling of new REE-containing materials that meet the requirements of future hydrogen technologies and green energy. The infrastructure will be openly accessible, ensuring reproducibility, interoperability, and broad scientific reuse.
Scientific Impact
Implementing the project involves filling open digital platforms for the broad scientific community, contributing to energy independence and sustainable development. The result will be an intelligent decision support system for researchers and developers in the hydrogen and green energy field, which will accelerate the design of next-generation materials with improved performance, cost-efficiency, and durability, enabling the transition to a carbon-free future.
Principal investigator
Andrii Trostianchyn, Dr.Sc., is Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Lviv Polytechnic National University and PI of HYDRA. His work focuses on hydrogen treatment of REE/transition-metal alloys, intermetallic hydrides (AB5), and rare-earth permanent magnets (Sm–Co, R2Fe14B). He integrates thermoanalytical methods (DSC/DTA), XRD/SEM, and machine learning for property prediction and design. Author of 150+ publications (h-index 12), 8 patents; active in international projects and EOSC-aligned open science.
- Andrii M. Trostianchyn on Scopus
- Volodymyr V. Kulyk on Scopus
- Pavlo Ya. Lyutyy on Scopus
- Tetiana L. Tepla on Scopus
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, LPNU
- Department Presentation — Materials Science and Engineering
- Doctoral Dissertation — Andrii M. Trostianchyn (LPNU)
- Core Research Facilities (Shared Research Equipment Center), LPNU
