... and this, in turn, requires a catalyst to accelerate the process. This catalyst is inserted in the fuel cell membrane and, in the case of methanol, the basic accelerator is platinum, a scarce and ...
... Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel cell-based lighting systems suitable for Sub-Saharan ...
... methanol is directly used as the fuel and reforming of alcohol down to hydrogen is not required. Such a fuel cell is attractive because the only waste products are water and carbon dioxide (the latter ...
Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient ... loss of power lines, or even power your laptop or cell phone. But not today or even tomorrow.
... 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new ... volume. The use of this technology can make it possible to develop fuel cells that have almost the same volume but a longer ...
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota has developed a new fuel cell hybrid, a green car powered by hydrogen and electricity, that can travel more than twice the distance of its predecessor model without filling up, ...
... hydrogen production to cater for fluctuating energy requirements. There are plenty of applications for such a fuel cell: It could be used as a charging point for laptop computers and cell phones, for ...
Honda Motor Co. on Monday began producing a next-generation fuel cell vehicle that it hopes will propel zero-emission cars running on hydrogen closer to the mainstream.
... month in Nature Materials may be key to solving fuel cell reliability issues and lead to reduced ... electric current and water. Research on small fuel cells for cars has dominated the news, but stationary ...
Combining two different fuel cell technologies can boost cell performance. UK scientists find out why.
Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are still 15 years away from becoming a viable business for automakers even if they overcome remaining technical hurdles and the U.S. government provides ...
Less costly methods for producing oxygen from water have been developed by researchers in the U.S. and Australia, possibly setting the stage for more use of fuel cells to produce energy.
Layered electrolyte keeps solid oxide fuel cells working near room temperature
... US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a pathway toward more efficient fuel cells. The material, a super-lattice, improves ionic conductivity near room temperature by a ...
Geoff Ballard, the Canadian entrepreneur who transformed pollution-free fuel cells from an exotic power source used in the space program to an everyday engine used in industry, buses and, perhaps soon ...
