Penn, for example, is developing solid
oxide fuel cells as a more efficient alternative to hydrogen fuel cells.
Not exact matches
Solid
oxide fuel cells that can use conventional fossil
fuels as well
as hydrogen are set to take a larger role in the energy game
This figure shows the crystal structure of Sc - doped BaZrO3 to be used
as an electrolyte material in intermediate temperature solid
oxide fuel cells (IT - SOFCs).
Typically, silicon has been used after lithography and etching
as a supporting component of small
oxide fuel cells.
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.
That's been a high hurdle for devices called solid
oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) that convert
fuels — such
as methane and hydrogen — directly to electricity without burning them.
In the early 2000s, Maria's group had pioneered the single - atom approach for metals anchored on
oxide supports
as the exclusive active sites for the water - gas shift reaction to upgrade hydrogen streams for
fuel cell use.
The new, warm
fuel cell marries a solid electrolyte, such
as those found in solid -
oxide cells, with the hydrogen - ion conduction used in polymer - electrolyte membrane (PEM)
fuel cells.
A series of 37 «eco-billboards» touting the fact that the Mirai's «only emission is water» (at least at the proverbial tailpipe,
as there are definitely emissions other than water associated with hydrogen
fuel cells and any new car) will be installed with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, and these billboards are said to remove nitrogen
oxides (NOx) from the air.
PNNL researchers are developing cost - effective materials, such
as coated stainless steel interconnects, and fabrication techniques for components in solid
oxide fuel cell stacks.
The solid
oxide fuel cell under the coals then converts carbon and hydrogen into electricity, and is described
as a sort of reverse photosynthesis:
Performed superior experimentation on operating
fuel cells (zinc air) that determined suitability of separators and methods of zinc
oxide separation by filtration, and experiments determining physical chemical properties of KOH electrolyte, such
as viscosity and electrical conductivity.