hydrogen airplane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:35:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Extremely Long Platinum Nanowires Will Improve Fuel Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/platinum-nanowires-improve-fuel-cells-20090314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/platinum-nanowires-improve-fuel-cells-20090314/#respond Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:35:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2997 An article published in a paper in the Nano Letters journal, has described the use of nanowires to provide significant increase in both longevity and efficiency of fuel cells. These long platinum nanowires have been developed at the University of Rochester and could improve fuel cells into a commercially viable solution.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/platinum-nanowires-improve-fuel-cells-20090314/feed/ 0 2997 Boeing to fly fuel cell powered airplane https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boeing-to-fly-fuel-cell-powered-airplane-20080512/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/boeing-to-fly-fuel-cell-powered-airplane-20080512/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 13:44:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=339 I’m in an airport right now, waiting for my plane to get me home. So I looked for green aviation news and found out this one: For the first time in the history of aviation, Boeing flew a manned fuel cell powered vehicle. Three test flights took place in February and March 2008 at the […]

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