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New Fuel Cell With Five Times Less Platinum Developed in Copenhagen

Benji Jerew — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:07:06 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cells, which could find applications from vehicles to backup power supplies, suffer from one important drawback – expense. Current mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell catalysts employ a small amount of platinum to sustain the reaction necessary to generate electricity from hydrogen. Most importantly, platinum is non-corroding, which helps the fuel cell last a long […]

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New Palladium Nanoparticles Making Fuel Cells Better

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:30:10 +0000

Nowadays, the cost of a hydrogen fuel cell is mostly increased by the cost of its components, and mostly by platinum. In the search for finding better materials for making fuel cells, researchers have already found alternatives to the expensive platinum a long time ago, but they were not as efficient. One of this substitute materials is palladium - far cheaper and much more abundant, but that didn't have enough surface area to make the fuel cell catalysis efficient.

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