Apr

5

A New Fuel Cell Design Makes the Cover

April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment

The April issue of American Chemical Society’s Nano features the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science new fuel cell catalyst system using nanowires made of a novel material that boosts long-term performance by 2.4 times compared to today’s technology. That’s a big boost dearly needed for fuel cells. One reason (other than cost) fuel [...]

Mar

30

A Nano Crystal Idea for Fuel Cells

March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments

Researchers at TU Delft have identified a new huge potential of nanocrystals in fuel cells.  The Delft researchers are the first to document the idea accurately with their second article on the subject. The latest paper was published in the scientific journal, Advanced Functional Materials. The addition of the extremely small nanocrystals to a solid [...]

Mar

25

Competition for Platinum Catalysts in Fuel Cells

March 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

Liming Dai, a professor of chemical engineering and research associates Shuangyin Wang and Dingshan Yu at Case Western Reserve University found that by simply soaking carbon nanotubes in a water solution of the polymer polydiallyldimethylammoniumn chloride for a couple of hours, the polymer coats the nanotube surface and pulls an electron partially from the carbon, [...]

Mar

17

The First Viable Fuel Cell Motor Scooter

March 17, 2011 | 6 Comments

Suzuki Motor Corp’s Burgman model based Fuel Cell Scooter is the world’s first fuel-cell electric vehicle to earn Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) in the EU. With the WVTA it’s possible to sell a vehicle in all of the member nations of the European Union.  The WVTA allows an end run from an expensive certification [...]

Jan

18

Solid Oxide and Molten Carbon Fuel Cells Take Another Step

January 18, 2011 | 4 Comments

The Tekes Fuel Cell Programme at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is testing fuel cell unit modules from Lappeenranta University of Technology and Aalto University in Finland research. VTT has built a system that uses fuel cells to produce grid electricity from natural gas. The Finland effort differs from the Bloom business in the [...]

Jan

6

Chemical Process Guys Find An Ethanol Fuel Cell Technology

January 6, 2011 | 5 Comments

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds have come up with a new fuel cell concept. It’s known that an active catalyst can form and change progressively while a chemical reaction is taking place. As a result, various catalysts specific to the individual reaction steps are formed from the metal [...]

Nov

30

A Eureka! Fuel Cell Lightning Strike!

November 30, 2010 | 6 Comments

A group of researchers led by Shriram Ramanathan at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are increasingly optimistic about the commercial viability of making fuel cells practical and affordable.  From advances in nanostructured devices, lower operating temperatures, and the use of an abundant fuel source and cheaper materials commercial viability of the technology [...]

Oct

15

The Newest Most Versatile Fuel Cell System Runs on Diesel

October 15, 2010 | 9 Comments

Using biodiesel as well as regular diesel in a fuel cell is for many an incredible idea. The Research Council of Norway’s RENERGI program Technical Director Dag Øvrebø is developing a new type of electric power supply unit with core components of a smart diesel reformer and a tolerant fuel cell. The system is environmentally [...]

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