Formic acid Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 29 May 2013 12:51:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Formic Acid Charges Mobile Devices Through Novel Fuel Cell https://www.greenoptimistic.com/formic-acid-fuel-cell-catalyst-20130529/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/formic-acid-fuel-cell-catalyst-20130529/#respond Wed, 29 May 2013 12:51:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=37756 New catalyst, developed by a researcher from Umeå University in Sweden, increases the power and lifetime of formic acid fuel cells, allowing environmentally friendly way to charge a mobile device. Florian Nitze came up with the technology as part of his thesis in physics. The engineered catalyst is based on a combination of material science and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/formic-acid-fuel-cell-catalyst-20130529/feed/ 0 37756 Polish Researchers Discover New Cheap Catalyst for Formic Acid Fuel Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/formic-acid-fuel-cell-20110617/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/formic-acid-fuel-cell-20110617/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:23:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19134 Fuel cells usually need hydrogen to function, or at least a compound containing hydrogen. The rule is the same for the new direct formic acid fuel cells, developed at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which can use formic acid to power virtually anything from phones to cars.

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