I’ve talked before about how we need to reduce the amount of platinum used in fuel cells in order to bring down the price and make them more cost effective. I’ve also talked about researchers working on platinum-free fuel cells, especially if they can retain the power and longevity of fuel cells using platinum. Well, • Read More »
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Platinum Nanowires May Lead to Commercialization of Fuel Cells
June 15, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Platinum Nanowires May Lead to Commercialization of Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Platinum is expensive and that’s a fact. That is why many fuel cell manufacturers are trying to use nickel or other metal alternatives for fuel cells that run automobiles. The only problem is that these platinum-free fuel cells have only been mildly successful. Longevity and efficiency have suffered. The other alternative is to build fuel • Read More »
Doped Carbon Nanotubes Replace Platinum in Fuel Cells
February 6, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.In the past I’ve talked about the need to both reduce and eliminate the need for platinum in fuel cells in order for hydrogen cars and vehicles to become economically viable. It makes no sense to pour a million or so hydrogen cars on the road only to be hit with a worldwide shortage of • Read More »
South Africa Pushing Platinum for Fuel Cells
September 25, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on South Africa Pushing Platinum for Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.The South African government has recently announced an investment of $49 million for research in hydrogen and in fuel cells. The government calls for 80-percent of the money to go towards expertise development and technology and the remaining 20-percent to be allocated for the private sector. The hydrogen research would be geared towards production using • Read More »
30-Year-Old Recipe Breathes New Life into Hydrogen Production
March 4, 2014 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on 30-Year-Old Recipe Breathes New Life into Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at Stanford University and the Aarhus University in Denmark recently uncovered a 30-year-old recipe for using molybdenum sulfide (moly sulfide) in order to split water and collect the hydrogen gas. Molybdenum sulfide is a replacement for expensive the platinum catalyst used in most electrolyzers. According to GizMag, “Enter moly sulfide. Since World War II, • Read More »
ACAL Energy and Gordon Murray Design Team Up for Low Cost FCVs
July 8, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on ACAL Energy and Gordon Murray Design Team Up for Low Cost FCVs | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.ACAL Energy, a British fuel cell maker is teaming up with Gordon Murray Design, also from the UK, which makes small electric cars. The purpose is for the two companies to build a low cost hydrogen fuel cell vehicle prototype. The year-long project is being funded by the Technology Strategy Board’s Low Carbon Vehicle programme. • Read More »
Molybdenum Based Catalyst for Cheap Hydrogen Production
April 19, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Sometimes when you’re working in a science lab doing research you come up with unexpected and undesired consequences. Yet every once in a blue moon those undesired consequences turn out to be quite desirable. According to the press release, “Existing in large quantities on Earth, water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen. It can be • Read More »
Nanowires Deliver Durability to Fuel Cells
September 1, 2023 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Nanowires Deliver Durability to Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.A new fuel cell design that shows great potential for increased durability has the capability to revolutionize heavy-duty trucks and other clean fuel cell applications. This groundbreaking electrode, a crucial component within a polymer electrolyte-membrane fuel cell, is constructed using corrosion-resistant nanowires. This advancement might mark the beginning of a fresh era for hydrogen-powered fuel • Read More »
Doped Carbon-Coated Nickel for Cheaper Fuel Cells
May 1, 2022 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Doped Carbon-Coated Nickel for Cheaper Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.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 »
Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper
March 7, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed new fuel cell materials that are based on nanomaterials. Extremely flexible nanomaterials are able to lower the cost than what it is available on the current market. The scientists have established a manner in which the reactivity of ultrathin nanosheets is boosted. The study was published in Science. • Read More »