New Aluminum Alloy Helps Generate Clean Water and Cheap Electricity
A new aluminum alloy could soon clean out water and at the same time generate electricity for afflicted areas. Purdue University researchers Jerry Woodall and Go Choi have been working on the alloy of aluminum, gallium, indium and tin that could split polluted or salt water into hydrogen and oxygen and then reunite them to generate electricity and pure water.
Catalonian Researchers Develop World's First RC Car That Runs on Recycled Soda Cans
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.
Molybdenum-Based Catalyst Discovered as Cheap Alternative to Platinum for Hydrogen Production
There have been many researchers seeking the perfect catalyst for dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen. Xile Hu and his team from the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland have recently tinkered with a cheap catalyst made from molybdenum.
California Supplementing Their Hydrogen Refueling Stations
The California Energy Commission (CEC) is betting its money on the hydrogen trend and by all appearances, it won't be a waste: codes, standards and tests to make it possible for hydrogen to be commercialized as retail fuel. But most important of all, it will build three more hydrogen refueling stations.
First "Green" Black Cabs Powered by Fuel Cells on the Streets of London
Maybe the next time you visit London you'll wonder what has changed and what has remained the same in the old city. Next you'll find yourself taking a cab and finding the answer: it will still be the same black cab, only based on hydrogen fuel cells.
Hyundai Blue2 – Hydrogen Fuel Cell Concept Vehicle Unveiled in Seoul
Going green is a direction every major car maker has to approach at some point. It's just that for Hyundai it's more of a "going blue" trend than it is green: its new hydrogen fuel concept vehicle presented on this week's Seoul auto show is called â€Ã…“Blue2†and it reads "Blue Squared."
Delft Students Make Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals Help Fuel Cells Become More Efficient
Fuel cells can have a hope of improvement due to a discovery by TU Delft researchers in Holland. They added minuscule titanium dioxide crystals to solid electrolytes to make them more conductive. Unlike liquid electrolytes, solid ones have the advantage of being more stable and easier to be contained. Electrolytes are also used mainly in batteries, between their two electrodes.
Leaf-Mimicking Catalyst Inventor Signs Huge Contract With Tata Group for Hydrogen-From-Water Device
MIT professor Daniel Nocera, the inventor of a type of electrolysis that mimics the plants photosynthesis, and Ratan Tata, the CEO of the Indian Tata group, have signed a funding agreement allowing the Tata group to commercialize Nocera's invention which produces power from water.
New Catalyst Could Make Hydrogen From Urine a Viable Technology
Can you believe that generating hydrogen from urine is the dream of a lifetime for some? A newly-invented catalyst can help electrolyze the urine and extract the hydrogen from it much more efficiently than from water.
New Polymer Material Can Store Hydrogen More Effectively
A new type of container for hydrogen gas has been developed by a team of Lawrence Berkeley Lab researchers. The inventors say it can store much more hydrogen than older versions, like pressurized tanks or those storing the gas inside some kinds of metallic molecular chains.
