Fuel Cells News

RSS

Fuel Cell Boost With NexTech Materials Funding for Three SOFC Planar Stack Technology Energy Projects

NexTech Materials, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has received funding for three unrelated projects based on its advanced SOFC planar stack technology

16 Jul 2008

Breakthough Fuel Cell Means You May Never Need Charge Your Cell Phone Again

Mobion Fuel cell for small electronic devices passes test of 2700 hours of continuous use. May replace rechargeable lithium ion batteries in mobile phones as the average cell phone has a lifetime use of only 1200 hours

14 Jul 2008

Report Released into Fuel Cell Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Materials for Fuel Cells" report to their offering. A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy of a reaction (between ...

3 Jul 2008

New Swiss Technologies for Energy Savings and Sustainable Development

Fuel cells on boats and magnetic refrigeration, a few Swiss ways of protecting the environment through new technologies. Join swissnex San Francisco in welcoming the University of Applied Science Western Switzerland (HES-SO) and learn about energy savings and renewable energy use

30 Jun 2008

Disposable Methanol Fuel Cartridges Set For Development

VIASPACE Inc, announced that its subsidiary Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corporation (DMFCC) has received a purchase order from PolyFuel of Mountain View, California to assist with the design of disposable methanol fuel cartridges

30 Jun 2008

Researchers Discover Way to Move Oxygen Through a Fuel Cell at Lower Temperatures

Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team has uncovered a novel structure that moves oxygen ions through the cell at substantially lower temperatures than previously thought possible.

25 Jun 2008

Hydrogen as a Fuel Just Got Easier With Simple Reaction Used to Make Hydrogen Storage Material, Ammonia Borane

Chemists in the US have developed a simple reaction to make ammonia borane - a powder more hydrogen-dense than even liquid hydrogen

23 Jun 2008

Scientists Mimic Nature to Harness Solar Energy the Same Way Plants Do

With gas and oil prices at all-time highs, it's only logical for scientists to try to harness some of that solar energy. To that end, three MIT researchers are building a device that mimics photosynthesis-the process plants use to capture and store the sun's vast energy.

22 Jun 2008

Magnesium Nanoparticles Shown to Have Promise as Hydrogen Storage Materials

An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material

16 Jun 2008

The Largest Fuel Cell Installations in the World

UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. company, today announced that the New York Power Authority (NYPA) selected the company to supply 12 fuel cells totaling 4.8 megawatts of power for the Freedom Tower and three other new towers under construction at the World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan.

11 Jun 2008