By 2030, Norilsk Nickel can develop over 100 innovative materials using palladium. This was stated by Dmitry Izotov, head of the company’s Center for Palladium Technologies (CPT), speaking at SPIEF-2025.
The CTC, created at the end of 2023, is already demonstrating impressive success. The company cooperates with more than 20 research teams from five federal districts of Russia. This hybrid approach allows for faster development: the average time to bring a project to the laboratory testing stage is only 9 months. For comparison, leading foreign centers take 1.5–2 years.
Universities get the opportunity to commercialize their research, and Norilsk Nickel gets quick access to advanced technologies. This creates a solid foundation for Russia’s technological leadership in the global market.
One of the first successes of the CPT was the launch of industrial production of anodes for water disinfection. The first batch of 500 units has already reduced the energy consumption of the process by 18% in five months.
Today, palladium is widely used in automotive catalysts, but its potential is much broader. Norilsk Nickel is active invests into research to reveal new areas of application of this metal – from medicine to energy.
Given the current pace of development, the company is well on its way to its goal of creating more than 100 new palladium-based materials in the next five years. This will open up additional opportunities for industry and strengthen Russia’s position in the global high-tech market.
The material was prepared with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science as part of the Decade of Science and Technology
Source: @nerzhavey
