Fuel Cell Efficiency May Be Improved With Material With 'Colossal Ionic Conductivity'
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 15:14
in Physics & Chemistry
A new material characterized at the 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 factor of almost 100 million, representing "a colossal increase in ionic conduction properties," according to researchers.