Apr
10
When Water is the Enemy
April 10, 2012 | 1 Comment
Professor Jeffrey Allen of Michigan Technological University is nearing development of a mathematical model of the interior functions of a reliable hydrogen fuel cell. The new model should slash the research and development time and effort. The model keys on the fuel cells main problem, handling the water produced while in operation. What sends the [...]
Mar
13
Bit ‘O Gold Makes a Better Fuel Cell
March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Brown University chemists have built a triple-headed metallic nanoparticle that is reported to perform better and last longer than any other nanoparticle catalyst studied in fuel-cell reactions. The study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports the key is adding gold to the catalyst formation process to yield a more uniform crystal [...]
Jan
3
A Look At 2012s Big Hopes – Fuel Cells
January 3, 2012 | 1 Comment
The New Year may well be the breakthrough year for fuel cells. The astonishing innovation and marketing locomotive of Apple Computers with the i- you name it – product list leading us into new uses for electronic devices, has let slip they will preview a fuel cell idea at this month’s Consumer Electronics Show. Apple [...]
Dec
23
A Partial Fix For the Fuel Cell Problem
December 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
Most folks don’t realize the depth of the economic problem that fuels cells pose for mass adoption. Often there are price quotes running in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. That’s because the catalysts of choice are the noble metals platinum or palladium. These are very rare metals, more so than gold and [...]
Aug
18
Iron as a Catalyst Is Improved Again
August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Iron as a catalyst is making news, especially in Europe where the element is suspected to have a role in the catalyst for the Rossi E-Cat. That might be the case as scientists at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Varennes, Québec, Canada (INRS) have published a paper in Nature Communications showing an iron [...]
Jun
16
A Very Different Fuel and Fuel Cell
June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Out of Poland comes an alternative fuel and fuel cell. The fuel chosen is formic acid and the fuel cell runs at room temperature. A room temperature operation seizes attention; formic acid makes for a set of questions. Dr. Andrzej Borodziński at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw [...]
Jun
1
Just recently and just announced USC and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, which manages the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) for NASA has awarded a license to SFC Energy, Inc., the U.S. affiliate of SFC Energy AG a non-exclusive license for the JPL’s Direct Methanol Fuel Cell that will facilitate the expansion of the [...]
Apr
27
A Low Cost Fuel Cell Catalyst Design
April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
Maybe this is it, or so close that fuel cells might get some market traction at consumer prices. In a paper published Friday April 22, 2011 in Science, Los Alamos researchers describe the use of a platinum-free catalyst in the cathode of a hydrogen fuel cell. Eliminating platinum the precious metal more expensive than gold, [...]
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