Sentences with phrase «for fuel cell applications»

Some of the other projects involve the development of proton exchange membrane for fuel cell application, a gyroscope based on micro-electromechanical technology and research on innovative engineering materials to fabricate ceramic membranes that can partially oxidize methane to syngas used as feedstock in commercial methanol production.

Not exact matches

Barboiu also obtained two patents for the application of his work to the production of fuel cells and not long ago filed two more patent applications for the separation and sequestration of carbon dioxide.

The design and formation of an atomic - scale bridge between different materials will lead to new and improved physical properties, opening the path to new information technology and energy science applications amongst a myriad of science and engineering possibilities — for example, atoms could move faster at the interface between the materials, enabling better batteries and fuel cells.

Carbon capture is an obvious extended use for fuel cells, said Tony Leo, vice president of application engineering and advanced technology development at FuelCell Energy.

Ong, who leads the Materials Virtual Lab and is a faculty member in the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, uses a combination of high - throughput calculations and machine learning to discover next - generation materials for energy applications, including batteries, fuel cells and LEDs.

Large - scale storage of low - pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid - scale energy applications offers several advantages over above - ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study sponsored by the Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Offfuel and grid - scale energy applications offers several advantages over above - ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories study sponsored by the Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies OffFuel Cell Technologies Office.

If you do hydrogen evolution, producing hydrogen from water, that's water electrolysis, which produces clean hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications.»

The majority of modern fuel cells, specifically those used for automotive applications, are proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which functions by exchanging protons across an acidic polymer membrane to produce electricity and heat.

Cost - effective applications for fuel cells have been identified for material handling equipment, as well as primary and backup power for data centers and telecommunication systems, he said.

It could offer a convenient and portable source of hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications, potentially transforming the energy market and providing an alternative to batteries and liquid fuels.

LIG can be written into target materials in patterns and used as a supercapacitor, an electrocatalyst for fuel cells, radio - frequency identification (RFID) antennas and biological sensors, among other potential applications.

In addition to memory devices, the material could ultimately find applications in fuel cells and electrodes for lithium ion batteries, Lu says.

Strontium cobaltites are just one example of a class of materials known as transition metal oxides, which is considered promising for a variety of applications including electrodes in fuel cells, membranes that allow oxygen to pass through for gas separation, and electronic devices such as memristors — a form of nonvolatile, ultrafast, and energy - efficient memory device.

Their approach could lead to improvements in longevity for alloys used in fossil fuel plants, bridges, pipelines, fuel cells, and many other applications.

These results provide an important step towards possible future applications as a luminescent material, such as for lighting and displays, as well as light absorbers in solar cells and photocatalysts for producing solar fuel.

Rice University chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material into a useful catalyst for fuel cells and other applications.

«Coating bacteria with electron - conducting polymer for microbial fuel - cells: Coating of individual bacterial cells with an electron - conducting polymer provides for a high - performance anode for microbial fuel - cell applications.»

Simulations by Rice University scientists show how carbon nanomaterials may be optimized to replace expensive platinum in cathodes for electricity - generating fuel cells for transportation and other applications.

«These composites, which have less than 1 percent metal, respond as «super catalysts» for fuel - cell applications.

Those «very best» cells are close to becoming cost - competitive with fossil fuels such as coal in some applications but are themselves expensive and impractical for consumer electronics — hence Kyocera's interest in the film.

«This work paves the way for not only paper - based electronics with graphene circuits,» the researchers wrote in their paper, «it enables the creation of low - cost and disposable graphene - based electrochemical electrodes for myriad applications including sensors, biosensors, fuel cells and (medical) devices.»

The nanoplatelets feature enough edge to make them suitable as catalysts for applications like fuel cells.

Understanding these effects quantitatively is important in order to develop this promising family of materials for potential applications including new types of low - energy computer memory and processing devices, electrically based refrigeration, and electro - catalytic energy - conversion devices such as fuel cells.

Dr. Autrey's current research interests are focused on materials and approaches to hydrogen storage for small power and on - board fuel cell applications.

She has extensive research experience in the development and application of novel electron microscopy techniques for energy materials, such as lithium ion battery materials and fuel cell catalysts.

New composite material that traps oxygen selectively could be useful for energy applications such as fuel cells

One of those users is Dane Morgan, a professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin - Madison who develops new materials for a wide range of applications, including highly active catalysts for fuel cells, stable low - work function electron emitter cathodes for high - powered microwave devices, and efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally safe solar materials.

Abstract: Ion conducting membranes are of interest for various energy applications including fuel cells and artificial photosynthesis systems.

Ultimately, they could be used for water filtration, molecular sensing, medical diagnosis, drug delivery and fuel cells — to name just a few potential applications.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

I expect that the next decade and beyond will give us numerous breakthroughs in materials for a wide variety of applications, particularly those important for solar energy harvesting, fuel cells, batteries, other electronics and beyond (perhaps for applications we haven't even thought of yet).

Researchers at Jilin University in China have developed a new class of self - assembled crystalline porous organic salts (CPOSs) featuring high proton conductivity for applications such as proton - exchange membranes for fuel cells.

Aizenberg's team is currently focusing on developing next - generation catalysts for a number of applications — from clean air technologies and catalytic converters to advanced electrodes for catalytic fuel cells — hoping to test their designs soon in real world systems.

«With both this performance and the atomic visualization of the reaction sites, we are closing the gap to replace platinum with a high - performance catalyst poised to be scaled up for potential application in fuel cells for automotive applications,» said Karren More, ORNL microscopy team lead.

I've often thought the most appropriate application of fuel cell technology would be for windmills and solar installations to generate hydrogen with a portion of their energy, which could be used in an adjacent stationary fuel cell when they don't.

The work in Research Area 3 focuses on developing and testing battery and fuel cell technologies and systems, and on the design and controls of systems suitable for road, rail, and maritime applications.

Other technologies on display will be hydrogen - powered applications for the home, in honor of the fuel cell's powertrain.

Honda's next - generation fuel cell - electric vehicle will feature a fuel cell powertrain packaged completely in the engine room of the vehicle, allowing for efficiencies in cabin space as well as flexibility in the potential application of FC technology to multiple vehicle types in the future.

General Motors is partnering with the U.S. Military's Army Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center to build and test a fuel cell - powered pickup for use in a military application.

Fuel cells offer considerable benefits, but developing them for commercial application has failed.

The plant will also produce hydrogen on a commercial scale, for applications like fuel cells.

A broad range of fuel cell technologies is being developed for stationary applications.

Renewable energy company, EcoFys, one of the developers, is considering marine applications for fuel cells, including canal boats.

Nano - Style Approach to Capturing and Storing Gases Could Have Applications for GHG Management and Fuel Cells

The immediate applications for these so - called «nanovalves,» essentially molecular - sized containers for holding gas, could include greenhouse gas management and fuel cell development (think hydrogen).

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As weight and size do not pose serious limitations for stationary fuel cell applications, there is good reason to be optimistic that the potential for stationary fuel cells will be realized long before mobile commercial applications become widespread.

The most common drawback of hydrogen fuel cells for many applications is that most commercially - available hydrogen is produced from natural gas, in which case hydrogen may not be the best green and clean energy source for transportation.

The breakthrough will help scientists to develop ways to use the incredible powers of hydrogen in novel materials for hydrogen storage, in fuel cells, or in other alternative energy applications.