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NexTech's Protective Fuel Cell Coating Achieves >40000hrs SOFC Operation

Building on test results presented at the 12th DOE SECA Workshop July 27th, NexTech Materials, Ltd. has performed accelerated stability tests that predict a service life of over 40,000 hours at 750°C for low cost ferritic steel (AL 441 HP) interconnect components for fuel cell applications protected by its manganese-cobalt spinel (MCO) coatings.

8 Aug 2011

Sandia National Laboratories Develops Fuel Cell Mobile Lighting System Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cell

The final and 135th launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center also saw the deployment of a mobile lighting system powered by the hydrogen fuel cell.

19 Jul 2011

Alloy Materials with Higher Level Oxidation Resistance Deployed in Fuel Cells

Hitachi Metals declared that it has productively developed metal interconnects that contain increased level of oxidation resistance and sturdiness for effective deployment in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).

12 Jul 2011

Panasonic Establishes Residential Fuel Cell R+D Centre in Germany

Panasonic has announced the launch of its Panasonic Fuel Cell Development Office Europe (PFCOE) in Langen, Germany.

4 Jul 2011

Researchers Unveil Self-Cleaning Anodes to Power Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

A team of researchers from Georgia Tech, the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have formulated a self-cleaning carbon removal method by utilizing barium oxide nano particles, which will enable direct powering of solid oxide fuel cells by coal gas at a low level temperature of 750°C.

24 Jun 2011

Researchers Develop Biology-Powered Fuel Cell

Philip R. LeDuc and Kelvin B. Gregory, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, have declared the development of world’s smallest fuel cell that is powered by biology.

21 Jun 2011

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences Introduces New Catalyst to Make Cheaper Fuel Cells

In their attempt to develop cost effective, light and long lasting fuel cells powered by formic acid the researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw have developed a new catalyst.

17 Jun 2011

UIC Researchers Study Ways to Introduce Compact and Cooler-Operating Fuel Cells

Christos Takoudis, bio and chemical engineering professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, will lead a team of engineers and scientists to search for ways to introduce nano-scale solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that can operate efficiently in intermediate-range of temperatures between 1,100 to 1,500 degrees.

15 Jun 2011

Research Report on Global Fuel Cell Industry

Reportlinker has included a new report titled "Fuel Cell Industry Analysis" in its range of offerings.

10 Jun 2011

Aldrich Materials and Ilika to Commercialize Hydrogen Storage Materials

Aldrich Materials Science, a strategic technology initiative of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) today announced it has signed an agreement to collaborate on the scale-up and commercialization of next generation hydrogen-storage materials with Ilika plc (AIM:IKA), an advanced cleantech materials discovery company. Both companies believe this enterprise will become a vital component of the energy industry's efforts to develop consumer-friendly hydrogen storage materials for fuel cell and clean combustion technology.

8 Jun 2011