Delta Electronics has signed a technology transfer and licensing collaboration agreement with Ceres Power, paying ~£43m to access Ceres’ hydrogen stack technology for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). “Through this partnership, Delta expects to integrate Ceres’ energy stack technology with its own power electronics and thermal management technologies to develop SOFC and SOEC systems ...
New ion conductivity science has been revealed during research into a better electrolyte for solid-oxide and proton ceramic fuel cells, according to Tokyo Institute of Technology (TItech). The material is actually a ‘dual-ion conductor’, which allows both protons and oxide ions to defuse, and can “realise high total conductivity at lower temperatures and improve the performance of electro-chemical devices”, according ...
Researchers at Ritsumeikan University in Japan have made a simple sensor that can indicate when biodegradable waste from plant or animal sources is released into freshwater ecosystems. As well as the sensed contaminant, the organic mater is also the power source of this detector, which is essentially a novel floating fuel cell, with an LED on top. “The microbial fuel ...
Tokyo Institute of Technology scientist have discovered a promising proton conductor for protonic ceramic fuel cells. Ba2LuAlO5 “has a remarkably high proton conductivity, even without any additional chemical modifications”, according to the university. Protonic ceramic fuel cells use solid proton-conducting ceramic electrolytes and operate between 300 and 600°C. This compares to over 700°C for better-established solid-oxide fuel cells – where ...
Fuel cell control systems will need to be highly sophisticated if the technology is going to find its way into transport, according to German hydrogen and fuel cell research centre ZBT, which is developing it for trucks and busses. In hydrogen fuel cells, hydrogen is fed to the anode while air is fed to the cathode. An anode catalyst, typically ...
Sensing electronic skin can be powered by the sweat in its environment, according to the California Institute of Technology. “One of the major challenges with these kinds of wearable devices is on the power side,” said CalTech research engineer Wei Gao. “Many people are using batteries, but that’s not very sustainable. Some people have tried using solar cells or harvesting ...
Researchers find an organic compound that can replace platinum in hydrogen fuel cells.
A hydrogen fuel cell has been unveiled in Orkney, part of the Surf 'n' Turf hydrogen community energy project, led by the charity Community Energy Scotland
Researchers at Binghamton University in New York have developed a spit-powered microbial fuel cell, which might be able to power medical diagnostic equipment in the field. “On-demand micro-power generation is required especially for point-of-care diagnostic applications in developing countries,” said researcher Seokheun Choi. “Typically, those applications require only several tens of microwatt-level power for several minutes, but commercial batteries or ...
UK researchers have created a bacterial fuel cell from low-cost materials that runs on urine. Its characteristics have turned out to be a little mysterious – more of this later. Justification for the low-cost claim comes from using carbon cloth for electrodes, and replacing platinum as a cathode catalyst with a nitrogen-doped aerogel made from glucose and an egg white ...
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