U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program – Education

Increase Your H2IQ

Find easy-to-understand information about hydrogen (H₂) and fuel cell technologies here! Increase your H₂IQ by checking out our fact sheets, multimedia tools, fuel cell animation, and other introductory resources.

Basic Fact Sheets

These fact sheets provide a basic introduction to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for non-technical audiences. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

• Hydrogen Production (PDF 331 KB)
• Hydrogen Distribution and Delivery Infrastructure (PDF 365 KB)
• Hydrogen Storage (PDF 439 KB)
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells (PDF 453 KB)
• Comparison of Fuel Cell Technologies (PDF 38 KB)
• Hydrogen Safety (PDF 385 KB)
• Hydrogen Technology Validation (PDF 444 KB)
• Early Markets: Material Handling Equipment (PDF 694 KB)
• Early Markets: Emergency Back-up Power (PDF 521 KB)
• U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program (PDF 363 MB)

Need More In-Depth Information?

Visit our information resources pages, where you can access general, technical, and programmatic publications and presentations; link to the Web sites of other organizations working to advance hydrogen and fuel cells; and find definitions for words related to hydrogen and fuel cell technology.

Have a Question?

Have a basic question about hydrogen or fuel cell technologies? Need printed copies of documents? Call the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Information Center at 877-EERE-INF(O)/877-337-3463 or submit your question or request for documents using the online form.