palladium core Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Scientists Use Palladium as Core to New Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Improving Nanoparticle https://www.greenoptimistic.com/palladium-core-hydrogen-fuel-cell-20100608/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/palladium-core-hydrogen-fuel-cell-20100608/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:18:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7918 Hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity when fed with hydrogen, which combines with oxygen and results water. Still, hydrogen fuel cells are expensive due to the catalyst used in the cathode for the reaction known as oxygen reduction. That catalyst is 100% pure platinum, which is a rare and expensive material.

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