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Newly Discovered Property of Graphene to Boost Fuel Cells Efficiency

Mila Luleva — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 09:22:20 +0000

The founder of graphene discovered one more incredible property of the material that can give the ever-so-needed to boost fuel cells and hydrogen-based technologies. The strongest, thinnest, and initially known as impermeable material, in fact allows hydrogen protons to pass through. No wonder graphene is labelled as the “miracle material”. Every property or use of […]

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Iron "Veins" Inside Magnesium Could Make the Perfect Solution for Hydrogen Storage

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:04:41 +0000

A principle that mother nature uses since millions of years ago may just be the solution to an efficient hydrogen storage material, as hydrogen is the ultimate energy carrier, because burning it emits nothing but water. So far, the few hydrogen-powered cars that are not even on the market yet, but merely as leased test […]

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Polish Researchers Discover New Cheap Catalyst for Formic Acid Fuel Cells

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:23:37 +0000

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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Cheap Hydrogen Obtained By Using Ethanol and Sunlight

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:58:23 +0000

Not only one time had ethanol been tested as a reliable source of hydrogen. Now, a multi-national team of scientists from Spain, Scotland and New Zealand have devised a method to use ethanol and sunlight to extract hydrogen for use in fuel cells to generate electricity.

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Toyota's Future Fuel Cell Vehicles Able to Work at Minus 37 degrees Celsius

Cristi — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:52:59 +0000

Fuel cell vehicles have been criticized by a lot of car manufacturers around the world. Still there are some that think they are able to transform the world’s thinking into a GREEN ONE and prove that fuel cell vehicles are as reliable as any gas cars available on the market. This year’s Air Resources Board’s […]

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