Hydrogen-producing molecular sieves can be used to prepare high-purity hydrogen. Jianlong Micro-Nano is a leading company in my country

​​​Hydrogen-generating molecular sieve is a molecular sieve material that can separate hydrogen gas from water. Molecular sieves for hydrogen production have the characteristics of high adsorption performance, strong adsorption selectivity, and fast desorption rate, and are widely used in the field of hydrogen production. In recent years, benefiting from the deepening of green and environmental protection concepts, the development speed of my country’s hydrogen production molecular sieve industry has further accelerated.

Hydrogen production molecular sieves are mainly used in the field of hydrogen production, with fuel cells, optoelectronic devices, etc. as their end products. Driven by the national “double carbon” goal, my country’s hydrogen industry has continued to improve its prosperity and has become one of the world’s major producers. According to statistics from the National Energy Administration, my country’s hydrogen production will reach 37.81 million tons in 2022. Hydrogen-producing molecular sieves are core materials used in the pressure swing adsorption hydrogen production process and can be used to prepare high-purity hydrogen. As the development of downstream industries accelerates, the market demand for hydrogen-producing molecular sieves in my country will further grow.

The global hydrogen production molecular sieve market is mainly concentrated in Europe, the United States and Japan, including Swiss Zeochem, American Universal Oil Products (UOP), French Arkema, American W.R GRACE, and Japanese Tosoh Corporation. (TOSOH) and others are world-renowned manufacturers of hydrogen-producing molecular sieves. Zeochem, UOP and Arkema have core technologies for high-end hydrogen production molecular sieves, and their product quality and output rank among the global industry leaders.

According to the “2023-2028 China Hydrogen Molecular Sieve Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, In terms of the local market, my country’s molecular sieve companies focus on the production of mid-to-low-end products, and high-end products have a low market share. Hydrogen production molecular sieves are high-end molecular sieve products. The industry has problems such as high entry barriers, difficult production, and long research and development cycles. my country’s hydrogen production molecular sieve industry started late. For a long time, due to factors such as high technical barriers, my country’s demand has been highly dependent on imports. In recent years, Chinese companies have continued to invest heavily in the research and development of hydrogen-producing molecular sieves, which has accelerated the localization process of their markets. At present, there are only a small number of hydrogen production molecular sieve manufacturers in my country, mainly including Qilu Huaxin, Jianlong Micro-Nano, etc.

Jianlong Micro-Nano is my country’s leading molecular sieve enterprise, focusing on the R&D, production and sales of adsorption molecular sieves. It has mastered the core production technology of hydrogen production molecular sieves and has a production capacity of nearly 10,000 tons. Its products have been successfully used in the field of hydrogen for fuel cells. According to Jianlong Microna’s corporate financial report, in the first quarter of 2023, the company achieved revenue of 330 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65.6%.

Industry analysts said that as a high-end molecular sieve product, hydrogen-producing molecular sieves have broad application prospects in the field of hydrogen production and will be accompanied by the development of downstream industries in the future. As the speed accelerates, my country’s hydrogen production molecular sieve market space will continue to expand. In recent years, thanks to the improvement of independent research and development capabilities of local enterprises, the market share of domestic hydrogen production molecular sieves in my country has further increased. However, there is still a certain gap in production capacity and quality compared with overseas developed countries, which is the main challenge facing the development of the industry.