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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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New Fuel Cell
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2/12/90
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A new process for fabricating super-thin fuel cells might make the
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cells commercially viable as energy sources, a team of researchers
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reported.
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Fuel cells mix hydrogen and oxygen to create electricity. The new
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cell is a thin layer of gas-permeable membrane sandwiched between
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two platinum films, which act as electrodes.
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When one electrode was exposed to a mixture of air and hydrogen at
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room temperature, research leader C.K. Dyer wrote, the cell
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produced as much as one volt of electricity.
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Fuel cells are more efficient than heat engines and could be used
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to power electric cars - if the cells could be produced
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inexpensively.
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Experimenting with different materials and processes could help
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lower the cost of making the super-thin cells, Mr. Dyer noted in
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the British journal NATURE.
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