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Researchers Produce Record-breaking Barium Zirconate-based Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are devices that convert chemical energy from a fuel into electrical energy using an electrochemical reaction and can be used in stationary and portable power systems.

24 Feb 2017

Platinum-Based Nanoplates Enhance Catalytic Activity and Stability of Fuel Cells

Despite being a promising technology for generating electrical power in an efficient and clean way, the main challenges in the commercialization of fuel cells are activity, cost, and durability.

19 Dec 2016

Hydrogen Fuel Cells Could Dominate Automotive Industry in Future

You’d have to be completely uninterested in cars or any other type of transportation to not recognize that automobiles are undergoing a major transition. They no longer run solely on internal-combustion engines and burn petroleum-based fuels. Nowadays, consumers routinely purchase vehicles that run in part or entirely on electricity.

7 Dec 2016

Applying Operando X-Ray Spectroscopy for Producing Highly Stable Battery Systems

One of the main factors in enhancing the performance of electric vehicles is the enhancement of batteries.

6 Dec 2016

SGL Group Awarded €7 Million to Develop New Generation of Fuel Cells for Automotive Sector

SGL Carbon SE is a partner in the joint development project INSPIRE, which has been funded with a €7 million award from Europe’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) and will run for three years.

6 Dec 2016

PowerCell has Delivered Fuel Cell Stack as Coop in Switzerland Launches Distribution Truck with Fuel Cell Technology.

The leading fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has, together with Swiss Hydrogen, supplied a fuel cell system to Coop in Switzerland when the company launches Switzerland´s first distribution truck with fuel cell technology. The system is built on PowerCell S3.

7 Nov 2016

PowerCell Signs Important Agreement with 3M to meet the Growing Market for Fuel Cell Stacks - to Secure Deliveries of MEA with High Quality and Performance

Leading fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has signed an important agreement with world-leading 3M to secure future supplies of MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly). The agreement with 3M secures PowerCell’s supplies for the increased demand of the fuel cell stacks PowerCell S1 and S2.

7 Oct 2016

Scientists use Non-Hazardous Solvents to Develop Plastic Solar Cells

Scientists at North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an effective, semi-printed plastic solar cell without using halogen solvents that are hazardous to the environment. These cells can be developed at room temperature, which creates implications for commercial production on a large-scale.

30 Sep 2016

Microstructural Defects Improve Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Conductivity

Scientists studying cadmium telluride-based solar cells, which are a promising substitute for silicon-based cells, have found that microscopic "fault lines" present within and between the material’s crystals function as conductive pathways that enable the flow of electric current.

28 Sep 2016

Rensselaer Receives $2.2 Million DOE Grant to Develop Ion Conductive Alkaline Membrane Materials

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been awarded $2.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop innovative ion conduction materials for next-generation renewable energy conversion and storage technology.

19 Sep 2016

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