Emissions-Free Hydrogen Cars Get A Little More Viable

Friday, January 9, 2015 - 14:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Hydrogen fuel cells may be the best option for powering zero-emission vehicles, Toyota will make them available in the United States in 2015, but those fuel cells require an electrocatalyst -- a platinum surface -- to increase the reaction rate, and the cost of the precious metal makes it hard for hydrogen fuel cells to compete economically with the internal combustion engine.  read more

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