Platinum works well as a catalyst in hydrogen fuel cells, but it has at least two drawbacks: It is expensive, and it degrades over time. Brown chemists have engineered a cheaper and more durable catalyst [...]

“We are excited about our results and we are optimistic that we will successfully assemble a sunlight-driven water splitting system soon.” Scientists at the University of Cambridge have produced hydrogen, H2, a renewable energy source, [...]

“It will be a game changer.” Most methane comes from natural gas, a fossil fuel. Stanford and Penn State scientists are taking a greener approach using microbes that can convert renewable electricity into carbon-neutral methane. [...]

Existing fuel distribution infrastructure could be used A collaborative project involving ECOmove, Insero E-Mobility and Serenergy is aiming to produce a fuel cell range extender for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) that should boost the distance [...]

A new microbial fuel cell creates energy during wastewater treatment and also vastly reduces the amount of sludge produced. Israel-based company, Emefcy, named as a play on the acronym for microbial fuel cell (MFC), starts [...]

A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces 20 times more energy than existing methods. The results, published in the current issue of Environmental Science and Technology, showcase a novel way [...]

An MFC can perform double duty Some of the planet’s tiniest inhabitants may help address two of society’s biggest environmental challenges: how to deal with the vast quantities of organic waste produced and where to [...]

More than 60% of the investment in making microbial fuel cells is the cost of platinum Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified a catalyst that provides the same level of efficiency in [...]

MIT engineers have developed a fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers human cells: glucose. This glucose fuel cell could be used to drive highly efficient brain implants of the future, which [...]

The work also could prove important in finding more efficient ways to fuel vehicles of the future Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are important for [...]

This is a very interesting technology – cost of a small system appears to run in excess of AUS$40k   Australia’s growing population is adding great pressure to the provision – and cost – of [...]

The pilot system they have built generates enough electricity to power the average American home   A new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system developed at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [...]