A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally fr... Read more
The team’s new analysis shows that efficiencies of 16 percent or more should now be possible Bringing the concept of an “artificial leaf” closer to reality, a team of resea... Read more
To make fuel cells more economical, engineers want a fast and efficient iron-based molecule that splits hydrogen gas to make electricity. Online Feb. 17 at Nature Chemistry, researchers repo... Read more
Bio-electricity from plants could produce as much as 3.2 Watt per square metre of plant growth An unexpected source of new, clean energy has been found: the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell that ca... Read more
Platinum works well as a catalyst in hydrogen fuel cells, but it has at least two drawbacks: It is expensive, and it degrades over time. Brown chemists have engineered a cheaper and more dur... Read more
A liquid-nitrogen car is likely to be considerably cheaper to build than an electric vehicle A COUPLE of dozen electric cars with fuel cells under the bonnet (in place of the more usual flat... Read more
Existing fuel distribution infrastructure could be used A collaborative project involving ECOmove, Insero E-Mobility and Serenergy is aiming to produce a fuel cell range extender for battery... Read more
A new microbial fuel cell creates energy during wastewater treatment and also vastly reduces the amount of sludge produced. Israel-based company, Emefcy, named as a play on the acronym for m... Read more
An MFC can perform double duty Some of the planet’s tiniest inhabitants may help address two of society’s biggest environmental challenges: how to deal with the vast quantities o... Read more
More than 60% of the investment in making microbial fuel cells is the cost of platinum Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified a catalyst that provides the s... Read more
MIT engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the fu... Read more
The work also could prove important in finding more efficient ways to fuel vehicles of the future Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide,... Read more
This is a very interesting technology – cost of a small system appears to run in excess of AUS$40k Australia’s growing population is adding great pressure to the provision – and cost –... Read more
The pilot system they have built generates enough electricity to power the average American home A new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system developed at the Department of... Read more
Carbon nanotubes could be an excellent alternative to the platinum, palladium and other precious-metal catalysts now in use Platinum catalysts in fuel cells are too expensive for larg... Read more
