Posts Tagged hydrogen fuel cell

New UK-Led Project Aims to Combine Biofuel and Microbial Cell in Cheap Fuel Cells

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on May 9, 2012

Biofuel cells (BFCs) and microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are about to get a boost in efficiency thanks to a project aimed at creating hybrid electrodes. In this particular meaning, “hybrid” means that the UK-led project will combine inorganic with organic electrodes to make them more efficient and cheap, and avoid the use of platinum, nowadays [...]

Phoshporic Acid Fuel Cells Explained by International Team of Scientists

Posted by Boniface Ndirangu in Hydrogen Power on April 23, 2012

The molecular workings of a promising fuel cell electrolyte have been unraveled by chemists. A team of investigators from the New York University and the Max Planck Institute (Stuttgart) have revealed how protons migrate in phosphoric acid (H3PO4), a mineral acid, in a study published in Nature Chemistry. A mystery has always surrounded the understanding of [...]

German Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Completes 40,000 Hours Endurance Test, Exceeds Expectations

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Magnetic Power on March 30, 2012

“Time will tell,” they say. Well, time has told good things about a planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) used in industrial purposes, which has recently completed and even exceeded 40,000 hours of continuous operation. The fuel cell, originally designed and built at the Jülich Institute of Energy and Climate Research in Germany, is operating [...]

Honda FCX Clarity to Also Be Used as Power Source for Homes

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on March 29, 2012

With the advent of smart grids, the world will be a better place, at least in what concerns power outages. Electric cars will take over the role of buffering the extra electricity and, when in their garages, they will be able to even cope with big outages. Honda, the company that designed the FCX Clarity, [...]

Osaka Student Team Creates Hydrogen-Powered Car From Scratch

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on January 16, 2012

Everyone started building battery-powered electric vehicles lately, but few are those who built cars whose power comes from hydrogen fuel cells. Such an example comes from a team of students at Osaka Sangyo University, who built a fuel cell-powered car from scratch, creating Japan’s first non-industrial team to ever accomplish this. Actually, they haven’t been [...]

Vitamin B12 Helps Scientists Build New Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on November 28, 2011

Vitamin B12 has recently been determined as one of the many solutions for cheaper hydrogen fuel cells, that convert hydrogen into electricity and have water as their only output. Because they currently use platinum, hydrogen fuel cells are being expensive – much over the price of lithium ion batteries, for example. The research, performed by [...]

New Microbial Fuel Cell Generates Hydrogen in Self-Sustaining Fashion

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on September 23, 2011

Penn State University researchers have recently demonstrated a system that produces hydrogen from water. Nothing fancy so far. What’s interesting is that they use salt water, tap water, bacteria and membranes to make the process self-powered. Unlike the experiments performed so far, where bacteria inside watery solutions could produce hydrogen only in the presence of [...]

Catalonian Researchers Develop World's First RC Car That Runs on Recycled Soda Cans

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Hydrogen Power on April 21, 2011

We now get to witness the world’s first remote-controlled car running on soda cans, roughly speaking, brought to us by Aleix Lovet and Xavier Saluena from the Catalonia Polytechnic Institute.

SiGNa mobile H2: Water-Fueled Battery Recharges Your Gadgets Cheaply and Cleanly

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage, Hydrogen Power on March 3, 2011

SiGNa Chemistry Inc has created a kind of a battery that can be recharged with water. At first sight, there’s something fishy with their mobile-H2 in the sense that it only needs water to operate and that’s all. Ok, let’s see some in-depth details of it.

Hawaii Implementing Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure In Collaboration With GM

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on January 11, 2011

A large scale partnership called H2I (Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative) is coming together as combined efforts are being made for the fueling infrastructure that will support the future face of the Hawaiian transportation system. Hydrogen fuel is the word of the day, as Hawaii expects thousands of fuel-cell vehicles to hit the market starting with 2015.

Volvo Tests Petrol-Powered Fuel Cells For Extending EV Range

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen Power on October 28, 2010

Volvo has been testing lately their newest innovation in the field of electric cars – an electric car range extender based on a hydrogen fuel cell powered by liquid organic fuels, such as petrol. In collaboration with Powercell Sweden AB, Volvo’s range extender could take the EV for up to 250 kilometers more and at the same time only emit minute carbon dioxide quantities.

Lung-Shaped Fuel Cell Decreases Platinum Usage, Increases Efficiency

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on August 23, 2010

An interesting case of biomimetrics comes from Norway’s Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo, where Signe Kjelstrup designed a fuel cell having the interior structure similar to that of the lungs. This is a case where both the shape and the function were imported from naturally-developed organisms.

VW Testing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Version of Bora on European Highways

Posted by Mircea Sandru in Hydrogen Power on August 19, 2010

Volkswagen has recently tested two of their most advanced clean car technologies in a long-range drive, between France and Italy. The Volkswagen Bora HY.POWER and the SunFuel Bora TDI (Jetta in the U.S.) were successfully driven over the Simplon Pass, once again proving their efficiency.

Honda Planning to Market Solar Powered Home-Based Hydrogen Refueler Starting 2015

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry, Hydrogen Power on June 26, 2010

Having your hydrogen fuel cell car powered by some solar panels in your own backyard looks like a dream not able to come true in a lifetime for some. For others, this is already a reality and a long-term plan. Honda, GM, Toyota, Mercedes and several other car manufacturers, joined by fuel providers including Shell, look at home-based refueling stations quite seriously and plan to have the first ones implemented in as little as five years.

Portable Fuel Cell Charger by Horizon, Now Available Commercially

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Green Electronics, Hydrogen Power on June 17, 2010

Horizon, a fuel cell manufacturing company from Singapore, has recently unveiled a small hydrogen fuel cell charger that could juice your gadgets (PDA, phone, MP3, etc). It’s called MiniPAK, and it uses refillable solid-state hydrogen cartridges (called HydroSTIK) to store its power.

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