Green technology shows many unique and intriguing innovations, but a new nitrogen doped carbon-coated nickel anode could play a major role in green innovations moving forward. This intriguing anode has been developed with the purpose of catalyzing an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells. Given the high cost of hydrogen fuel tech that puts many • Read More »
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Nickel Iron Catalysts for Creating Hydrogen from Water
July 18, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Nickel Iron Catalysts for Creating Hydrogen from Water | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.At the leading science foundation in Ireland, CRANN, researchers there have discovered a non-platinum method for creating hydrogen gas from water. This new method uses iron and nickel oxide to do the efficient water splitting. Now, I have talked before about how iron may be the new platinum. I’ve also posted over a dozen times • Read More »
University of Rochester Uses Nickel Salts for Hydrogen Production
November 15, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on University of Rochester Uses Nickel Salts for Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In January of 2010 I talked about the University of Rochester in New York creating artificial leaves for hydrogen production. Now the same university is putting a slightly different bend on hydrogen production from a slightly different angle. The catalyst for the artificial photosynthesis process doesn’t use platinum or any other expensive metals. Instead the • Read More »
Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries for Hydrogen Cars?
October 30, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Now days most models of hydrogen fuel cell cars come with some sort of hybrid or plug-in hybrid batteries to increase mileage and range of the vehicle. The major automakers have come to realizing that the marrying of these two technologies (fuel cells and batteries) will be a winning combination for years to come. Battery • Read More »
New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Uses Platinum-Nickel Alloy Catalyst
January 30, 2007 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Uses Platinum-Nickel Alloy Catalyst | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered that using a platinum-nickel alloy catalyst in PEM fuel cells offers 90 times the activity of the platinum-carbon cathode catalysts used today. The discovery will likely lead to cheaper and more powerful hydrogen fuel cells • Read More »
3D Printing Meets Fuel Cell Tech – the Future is Now
August 19, 2016 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 3D Printing Meets Fuel Cell Tech – the Future is Now | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Lowering costs and time to market are imperative if fuel cells are to succeed. With the advent of 3D printing, the production of fuel cells seems like a natural fit. In May 2014, I had talked about how DTU Energy Conversion had modified a HP 1000 ink jet printer to print fuel cells rapidly • Read More »
Toyota FCHV
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Toyota FCHV Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle The Toyota FCHV Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle is built upon the Highlander and based upon the Prius hybrid and new technology. The Toyota FCHV (fuel cell hybrid vehicle) is based upon years of hydrogen car development starting in 1992. The Toyota FCHV-6 (or just FCHV as they are calling it) is • Read More »
Peugeot Citroen Quark
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .PSA Peugeot Citroen Quark The PSA Peugeot Citroen Quark looks to be a combination motorcycle, car and ATV all wrapped up into one high-tech hydrogen vehicle. When the two-seater was rolled out during the 2004 Paris Motor Show, Quark received much attention for its futuristic design. PSA Peugeot Citroen Quark The PSA Peugeot Citroen Quark • Read More »
Peugeot H2Origin
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Peugeot Citroen H2Origin Fuel Cell Delivery Van Peugeot Citroen and fuel cell maker Intelligent Energy have teamed up to create the H2Origin hydrogen delivery van. Peugeot H2Origin Fuel Cell Van The H2Origin hydrogen hybrid demonstrator vehicle is the result of a three-year collaboration between the two companies. British company Intelligent Energy is known for its • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
August 7, 2015 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | No Comments | Filed in: .Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hydrogen fuel cells are what will power the ‘Hydrogen Highway’ of the future. Hydrogen fuel cells are electrochemical engines that come in several different varieties with the most common being the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, also called Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells. PEM fuel cells use oxygen from the air • Read More »