Canadian chemists report new material for high-temp PEMFCs
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
Fuel Cells Bulletin 11 also announced that its methanolpowered fuel cell has passed 1000 h of continuous operation in testing.
Neah's architecture allows the use of different catalyst surfaces. In this way the porous silicon design allows for the use of a variety of oxidants and fuels, including oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and nitric acid. The anode loop has been run with several concentrations of methanol and formic acid as the fuel.
The company says that its methanol-powered fuel cell has been generating power for more than 1000 h continuously. It sees this latest milestone as further validating its porous silicon architecture as a viable platform to meet military and consumer power needs.
'We are very satisfied thus far with the performance of our unique technology,' comments