Developments of Foam Materials for Fuel Cell Technology

Fuel cells use a modest hydrogen molecule and join it with air to produce electricity. Its benign by-products, heat and water, are far from the noxious gases produced though fossil fuel generation of electricity. The simplicity of fuel cell technology is also one of the problems of fuel cell technology. The materials currently being used in fuel cells have essentially remained the same for the last 25 years.

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