200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalised energy systems'
Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 09:35
in Physics & Chemistry
The era of personalised energy systems - in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars - took another step toward reality today as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system. They described the advance, which could help free homes and businesses from dependence on the electric company and the corner gasoline station, at a meeting of the American Chemical Society...