Jun
16
A Very Different Fuel and Fuel Cell
June 16, 2011 | 1 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Jan
6
Chemical Process Guys Find An Ethanol Fuel Cell Technology
January 6, 2011 | 6 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 […]
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