Manufacture of Fuel Cells for a fraction of the costjueves, 01 febrero 2018 The material developed at UC Riverside creates fuel cell catalysts at one hundredth of the cost.Fuel cells have the potential to be a clean and efficient way to operate cars, computers and power plants, but the cost of producing them is limiting their use. This is because a key component of the most common fuel cells is a catalyst made of precious metal platinum.In an article published today in Small, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, describe the development of an economical and efficient catalyst material for a type of fuel cell called electrolytic polymer membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which converts The chemical energy of hydrogen in electricity and is among the most promising types of fuel cells to power cars and electronic products.
