Sentences with phrase «new fuel cell catalyst»

A team of chemists from the University of Wisconsin - Madison has introduced a new fuel cell catalyst approach that uses a molecular catalyst system instead of solid catalysts.

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The work, which appears in the November 27, 2014, edition of Science Express, points to new avenues for producing single - site supported gold catalysts that could produce high - grade hydrogen for cleaner energy use in fuel - cell powered devices, including vehicles.

The team in Bochum and Mülheim focused nevertheless on a new strategy to accommodate sensitive catalyst to the working conditions of standard fuel cells.

Because platinum is at the center of many clean energy and green chemicals production technologies, such as fuel cells, catalytic converters, and value - added chemicals from bio-renewable feedstocks, the new, less expensive platinum - copper catalysts could facilitate broader adoption of such environmentally friendly devices and processes, she added.

The mysterious workings of a new catalyst could help produce fuels from water and improve fuel cells, scientists say.

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.

Further, the new hollow structure continues to work far longer in operating fuel cells than traditional catalysts.

These new catalysts offer the promise of substantially reducing the fuel cell cost.