nickel fuel cell Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 09 Dec 2014 09:19:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 French Nickel Catalyst Promises Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel Cells https://www.greenoptimistic.com/french-nickel-catalyst-promises-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cells-20091206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/french-nickel-catalyst-promises-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cells-20091206/#respond Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:02:09 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5672 A group of researchers from France revealed some tests in this week's issue of the journal Science that shows how platinum can be substituted with nickel, by mimicking the process going on in anaerobic-living algae. These have an enzyme, called hydrogenase, and use it to metabolize hydrogen.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/french-nickel-catalyst-promises-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cells-20091206/feed/ 0 5672 New Membrane by Chinese Scientist Can Make Fuel Cells Cheaper https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lin-zhuang-fuel-cell-membrane-20081217/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lin-zhuang-fuel-cell-membrane-20081217/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:20:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1368 Currently, platinum is used as a catalyst in hydrogen fuel cells, making them so expensive and hence unappetizing to customers. Lin Zhang, a Chinese scientist, has discovered a membrane that could make the usage of platinum history, and make fuel cells cheaper than ever.

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