However, fuel cell technology is still in its early stage of development. Many scientifically challenging problems have to be solved in order to make them cost effective and thus commercially viable.

While hydrogen is fed to the anode, oxygen is fed to the cathode, where a catalyst ... "stack" fuel cells together in a series, as in a dry-cell battery. The more layers, the higher the voltage.

You can think of it as an electrolyte. Common fuel cells use an electrode design that hasn’t changed in decades. The new research has catalyst ridges separated by empty grooves. This enhances ...

our team is using a 10 cm 2 alkaline electrolyte membrane fuel cell to characterize material properties for implementation. Materials being examined currently are the electrolyte membrane, gas ...

Lin Zhuang of Wuhan University in China has developed a different fuel cell using a nickel catalyst on the anode. This catalyst triggers the generation of hydroxyl (OH) ions which are alkaline.

You can think of it as an electrolyte. Common fuel cells use an electrode design that hasn’t changed in decades. The new research has catalyst ridges separated by empty grooves. This enhances ...

This selective transfer of electrons makes the catalyst robust against electro-oxidation, protecting fuel cells from ...

A research team from The University of Tokyo has succeeded for the first time in directly observing the space charge layers ...