Decades in the Making – New Catalyst Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable
The commercialization of eco-friendly fuel has been stalled for decades by the high cost of platinum, but a study indicates that the low-cost catalyst may…
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Breakthrough in Supercharging Reactions for Clean Energy Fuel Cells
The demand for clean energy has never been higher, and it has created a global race to develop new technologies as alternatives to fossil fuels….
High-Performance Single-Atom Catalysts Developed for High-Temperature Fuel Cells
Individual Pt atoms participate in catalytic reactions to faciitate the electrode process by up to 10 times. Single-atom Pt catalysts are stable at 700 degrees…
Researchers Develop A Fuel Cell That Uses Lignin
Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses lignin, a cheap by-product from paper manufacture and…
Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells Demonstrate Exceptional Power Density and Stability
A team of researchers led by Northwestern University professor and fuel cell pioneer Sossina Haile has created a new fuel cell offering both exceptional power…
Algae-Powered Fuel Cells Move a Step Closer to Reality
A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more…
Researchers Optimize Nanomaterials for Fuel-Cell Cathodes
New research from Rice University shows that nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons may be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the…
Electricity-Powered Molecular Catalysts May Improve Fuel Cells
A team of chemists from Yale University have developed a framework for designing electricity-powered molecular catalysts that may prove vital for a new generation of…
3D Graphene Aerogel Catalyst Shows Promise for Fuel Cells
New research from Rice University shows that graphene nanoribbons formed into a three-dimensional aerogel and enhanced with boron and nitrogen are excellent catalysts for fuel…
Graphene Quantum Dots Outperform Platinum in Fuel Cells
Researchers at Rice University have developed a cheap hybrid catalyst made from graphene quantum dots that outperforms platinum catalysts for certain reactions within fuel cells….
Scientists Discover Method of Using Cost-Effective Biocatalysts in Fuel Cells
Scientists at the Center for Electrochemical Sciences and the Max Planck Institute have discovered a way of using cost-effective biocatalysts in fuel cells, a step…
Cheap, Oxide-Based Materials Boost Promise of Hydrogen Fuel
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have combined cheap, oxide-based materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases using solar energy with a solar-to-hydrogen…
New Type of Fuel Cell Produces Electricity Directly from Biomass
Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a new type of low-temperature fuel cell that directly converts biomass to electricity with assistance from a catalyst activated…
New Device Produces Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight and Wastewater
By combining a microbial fuel cell and a type of solar cell called a photoelectrochemical cell, researchers from UC Santa Cruz have developed a hybrid…
Nanocatalyst Tolerates Carbon Monoxide in Fuel Cells, Transforms Impure Hydrogen into Electricity
Researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a high-performing nanocatalyst that tolerates carbon monoxide in fuel cells, opening new, inexpensive pathways for zero-emission vehicles….
Unique Semiconductor/Catalyst Construct Produces Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight
Researchers from the Berkeley Lab have developed a method by which molecular hydrogen-producing catalysts can be interfaced with a semiconductor that absorbs visible light, producing…
Engineers Develop Water Splitting Solar-Thermal System to Produce Hydrogen Fuel
Engineers from the University of Colorado Boulder have devised a solar-thermal system that can be used to split water in order to produce clean hydrogen…
Scientists Achieve Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough
A newly published study reveals how HZB and TU Delft scientists used a solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide to…
