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Technology Research News March 24, 2004 |
Bacteria make clean power The Penn State researchers' microbial fuel cell is fueled by wastewater skimmed from the settling pond of a treatment plant, and the process of drawing electricity from the microbial action taking place in the wastewater also cleans the water.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2011 Phillip Broadwith |
Pee-powered fuel cell turns urine to energy Urine-powered fuel cells could generate electricity and reclaim essential nutrients directly from human and animal waste, say UK scientists.  |
Chemistry World November 17, 2011 Ross McLaren |
Giving Fuel Cells a Vitamin Boost Vitamin B12 could replace platinum catalysts in fuel cells as a cheaper alternative.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.  |
Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.  |
Technology Research News February 26, 2003 |
Alloy lowers fuel-cell cost Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way to make fuel cells that are potentially cheaper and easier to manufacture than previous prototypes. The method is a step toward making the relatively clean energy-generating technology commercially viable.  |
IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Lucas Laursen |
Plugging In to Plant Roots Marsh grasses can power small fuel cells. Cast-off electrons in a plant's roots can provide electricity, a Dutch team reports.  |
Technology Research News May 18, 2005 |
Catalyst Boosts Gasoline Fuel Cells Researchers have come up with a catalyst layer that can be put over a conventional anode to reform the fuel within the fuel cell. This allows hydrocarbons like gasoline to be used directly in fuel cells.  |
Technology Research News October 20, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Cooler material boosts fuel cells A cathode that allows solid oxide fuel cells to operate at reduced temperaures promises to lower the cost of fuel cells, which could spur broader adoption of the technology.  |
Technology Research News December 31, 2003 |
Micro fuel cell runs cool Researchers have made a tiny methane fuel cell that works at 60 degrees Celsius. They have also shown that the fuel cell can use high concentration methanol to increase its operating time.  |
Chemistry World July 19, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Mobile phone powered by urine The first mobile phone battery to be directly charged by microbial fuel cells feeding on neat urine has been reported by scientists in the UK.  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Nanowire fuel cell for biological power Scientists in China and the US have developed a miniature fuel cell that can produce electricity from biological fluids such as blood.  |
Chemistry World February 23, 2012 Russell Johnson |
Powering up fuel cells A hydrogen fuel cell that uses carbon nanotubes to increase the amount of electrocatalyst attached to electrodes has been designed by UK scientists.  |
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 |
Solid fuel cell works in heat California Institute of Technology researchers have built a type of fuel cell that uses a solid acid electrolyte and either hydrogen or methanol as fuel. It could eventually be used to power cars.  |
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean |
Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield."  |
Chemistry World December 18, 2008 Alex Hellemans |
Fuel cells without platinum Looking for ways to avoid using costly and scarce platinum in fuel cells, Chinese researchers have reported details of a fuel cell that uses cheap nickel as a catalyst.  |
Chemistry World November 7, 2012 Simon Hadlington |
World's first all-carbon solar cell Researchers in the US and China have built a photovoltaic cell made entirely from carbon. The electrodes and light-active layers are made from a combination of three carbon allotropes -- nanotubes, fullerenes and graphene.  |
Reactive Reports March 2005 David Bradley |
Fuel Cells US scientists have demonstrated a significant boost to fuel cells that could also cut costs. By coating the cathode with a thin layer of platinum instead of using solid metal, efficiency is raised by ten percent and the use of expensive platinum can be reduced.  |
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.  |
Chemistry World January 23, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Efficient recovery justifies silver's use in solar cells Silver is a scarce raw material but the first real scale study of recycling polymer solar cells reveals that its use can be sustainable.  |
Chemistry World March 2006 Joe McEntee |
Fuel Cells Head for Mass Market At the end of the day, wide-scale commercialization is a numbers game and developers will prosper or perish based on how they fare against metrics such as durability, reliability, cost and, most brutal of all, profitability. It's time to start delivering.  |
Technology Research News October 8, 2003 |
Bacteria make more electricity Researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have identified a microorganism that is particularly good at converting sugars to electricity under natural conditions.  |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2004 John S. McClenahen |
Ford Powers With Paint Jointly developed by Ford Motor Co. and the utility Detroit Edison, Fumes-to-Fuel System captures the volatile organic compounds present in paint fumes and concentrates them into a rich mixture of hydrocarbons, a source of fuel.  |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Alcohol Fuel Cell Goes Micro Researchers, who earlier this year developed a fuel cell using enzymes to generate electricity from ethanol, have built a microchip-based version of the device.  |
Food Engineering October 29, 2008 |
Fuel cell decreases plant's external energy requirements The 1.2 megawatt fuel cell power plant is now the biggest power source for the Pepperidge Farm in Bloomfield, CT, which is now also the largest single commercial fuel cell power plant in the US.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2014 Tim Wogan |
Fuel cells put in the frame with catalysts that need far less platinum US scientists have created an exceptional fuel cell catalyst that contains far less platinum -- conventional catalysts need 36 times more platinum to hit the same levels of activity.  |
Chemistry World December 24, 2013 Charlie Quigg |
Toilet purification system doubles as hydrogen fuel cell An electrolysis cell that couples energy storage with water purification and reuse has been developed as part of a wider project to make a self-sustaining toilet.  |
Chemistry World July 31, 2008 |
Breakthrough Catalyst for Splitting Water Scientists say they have solved a fundamental problem hampering renewable energy generation - how to split water cheaply into oxygen and hydrogen, under benign conditions, so that the gases can be stored as fuels.  |
CIO January 1, 2003 Susannah Patton |
Bye-Bye Batteries Imagine chatting on your cell phone for months at a time without recharging it. Or taking a laptop on a weeklong business trip without a battery or power cord. That's the goal of scientists around the world working to perfect tiny fuel cells using microtechnology engineering.  |
Chemistry World December 3, 2009 Hayley Birch |
Bio-Inspired Catalyst Design Could Rival Platinum French scientists have demonstrated the potential of a new fuel cell catalyst inspired by hydrogenase enzymes.  |
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park.  |
Chemistry World October 2011 |
Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term.  |
Technology Research News December 29, 2004 |
Solar Cell Teams Plastic and Carbon Researchers have fabricated an inexpensive, plastic-based solar cell that has the potential to be fairly efficient  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Suhas Sreedhar |
Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Bob Hirschfeld |
Can Green (Energy) Beget Green ($)? It's telling that even the oil-heavy American Stock Exchange has given a nod to the rising importance of green energy, introducing the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Index.  |
Technology Research News June 15, 2005 |
Power Sources: Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Heat, Vibration and Fusion Summaries of how each of these power sources work to create energy.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Ready For Prime Time Fuel cells remain a work in progress, but products are available for purchase now.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2009 John Teresko |
The Fuel Cell Future The hot topic of the Industrial Truck Association is the setting of standards for a fuel cell future.  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2006 Prachi Patel-Predd |
Traveling Light On a three-day mission, a Special Forces soldier might lug along 12 kilograms of batteries. But now the military is developing micro fuel cells that could weigh half as much as batteries, and could be recharged -- or rather refilled.  |
Technology Research News July 30, 2003 |
Munching microbes feed fuel cell Researchers from the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Germany have found a way to harvest the energy needed to power a fuel cell from chemical reactions that occur when E. coli bacteria consume sugar.  |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 |
Renewable Energy Science Education Set by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies has added to its line of science education kits with new products such as the Renewable Energy Science Education Set.  |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: FuelCell Energy The alternative energy upstart will report earnings tomorrow morning for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006. Here's a look at the company to see whether or not investors should expect sparks.  |
Chemistry World January 21, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Black TiO2 absorbs light across the spectrum Researchers in the US have used hydrogenation to introduce disorder into titanium dioxide nanocrystals, increasing the amount of solar light they absorb.  |
Technology Research News July 27, 2005 |
Micro fuel cell packs power Researchers have built a propane-driven fuel cell that's not much bigger than a watch battery, but lasts much longer.  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 John Teresko |
The Fuel Cell Race Lift trucks have pulled ahead of cars in the race to adopt fuel cell technology.  |
IEEE Spectrum April 2008 Peter Fairley |
Solar-Cell Squabble Organic photovoltaics could be dirt cheap, but their efficiency is in dispute  |
Chemistry World March 4, 2011 Carl Saxton |
Real-world treatment for dye-contaminated effluents US scientists have found that a dye oxidation process using low levels of an iron catalyst could be used to degrade highly contaminated wastewater under ambient conditions.  |
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 William Bergius |
Organic solar cells reach manufacturing milestone Scientists in Denmark have devised a rapid, scalable and industrially viable way to manufacture large sheets of flexible organic tandem solar cells.  |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Fuel Cell Industry Gains Traction Opportunity grows with increased desire for energy efficiency and awareness of climate change.  |
Chemistry World February 7, 2012 James Urquhart |
Treating hospital wastewater Researchers have found that hospital wastewater containing low concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds can be treated using a membrane bioreactor - an established method of biologically treating wastewater.  |