New process allows fuel cells to run on coal
Regents professor Meilin Liu and postdoctoral researcher Mingfei Liu examine a button fuel cell used to evaluate the barium oxide deposition technique
(Photo: Gary Meek)
Article Summary
Lately we’re hearing a lot about the green energy potential of fuel cells, particularly hydrogen fuel cells. Unfortunately, although various methods of hydrogen production are being developed, it still isn’t as inexpensive or easily obtainable as fossil fuels such as coal. Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology, however, have recently taken a step towards combining the eco-friendliness of fuel cell technology with the practicality of fossil fuels – they’ve created a fuel cell that runs on coal gas.
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