Japanese researchers develop much thinner palladium film
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 2002
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
A joint development program, initiated more than a year ago, between Ottawa-based Energy Visions Inc and the Alberta Research Council, is being restructured to change the immediate focus to completing the first stage research.
The aim of the EVI Direct Methanol Fuel Cell program is to resolve the obstacles of fueling infrastructure and high cost that restrict other systems. EVI claims that its hybrid NiZn battery/DMFC system can potentially reduce the cost of power systems by 80% compared to current hydrogen fuel cell systems. Work in the past year has resulted in a redesign of the basic fuel cell, and the company has chosen to complete research on this new design and to prototype the complete electric hybrid system. This focus will result in a deferral of C$500 000 (US$320 000) of funds scheduled from ARC for engineering. Those funds will become available for engineering of the redesigned system following joint EVI/ARC approval of the prototype.