I’ve been talking about the world-changing effect that natural hydrogen could have on the world green economy since at least 2013. It’s easy to see why the use of naturally occurring hydrogen could be world-changing. With the clock ticking on making sure we can become more sustainable ASAP, the development of hydrogen is very much • Read More »
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Mercedes Research Vehicles Advance Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History
May 13, 2017 | By George Wand | Comments Off on Mercedes Research Vehicles Advance Hydrogen & Fuel Cell History | Filed in: History.“That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced.” Scientific American, June 2, 1909. The only constant is change, an old proverb affirms. More than a century after the automobile • Read More »
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Spanish Researchers Use Plastic to Produce Hydrogen
May 13, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Spanish researchers who are part of the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group are using high tech plastics plus sunlight to produce hydrogen from water. These plastics are organic in nature and could lead to cheap and abundant hydrogen production. According to Cordis, “One of the main challenges of the project, which will finish in November, • Read More »
DTU Researchers Print a Fuel Cell in 3D
May 28, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DTU Researchers Print a Fuel Cell in 3D | Filed in: Uncategorized.Researchers at DTU Energy Conversion have revamped an HP inkjet printer to cheaply print a fuel cell in 3D with better quality than most other methods. In the near future 3D printing (additive manufacturing) may be used for rapid prototyping of new types of fuel cells along with production of commercial quality fuel cells. According • Read More »
NC Researchers Create Hydrogen from Sunlight, Water
January 16, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill have created a new way to use sunlight to split water and extract the hydrogen for fuel. Tom Meyer and his team have invented a dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell, or DSPEC to do the water splitting. According to UNC, “The new system designed by Meyer and • Read More »
U.S. DOE and DOT Offering Millions for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research
January 14, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Political Issues.Recently the U. S Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Transportation (DOT) have announced the availability of millions of dollars for hydrogen fuel cell research. The DOE is making $7 million available and the DOT is making $24.9 million available. Now I’ve already talked about FedEx adding fuel cells to 20 of their delivery • Read More »
UConn Researcher Uses 10 Times Less Catalyst in PEM Fuel Cells
April 30, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on UConn Researcher Uses 10 Times Less Catalyst in PEM Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Dr. Radenka Maric, a researcher at the University of Connecticut has discovered how to use 10 times less catalyst in PEM Fuel Cells. Dr. Maric uses the Reactive Spray Deposition Technique to achieve results. According to UConn, “The focuses of this program is on an adaptation of the Reactive Spray Deposition Technique for PEM Catalyst • Read More »
Researchers in India Using Iron and Cobalt to Create Hydrogen
April 18, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.On April 03, 2013 I asked if iron is the new platinum. Researchers at the University of Calgary and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory seem to think so. Both are using iron in place of platinum for chemical reactions involving hydrogen. Researchers at the University of Calgary are even using an iron and cobalt combination • Read More »
Pike Research versus Lux Research on the Future of Fuel Cells
January 9, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Pike Research versus Lux Research on the Future of Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.A person named P. Drucker tweeted, “Predicting the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” And this may be a very good way of looking at the future of fuel cells as well. Two recent reports by two different research firms • Read More »