"Fuel cells: Three in one" or "Electrolyte Free Fuel cell" By Dr Bin Zhu group
Nature Publishers selected our electrolyte free fuel cell as a research Highlights
"NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY | RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Fuel cells: Three in one
http://www.nature.com/nnano/reshigh/2011/0611/full/nnano.2011.93.html
"Fuel cells can convert chemical energy into electricity, and are typically composed of an anode and a cathode
separated by an electrolyte membrane. In solid oxide fuel cells, the electrolyte is an oxide that can conduct
negative oxygen ions from the cathode to the anode. These fuel cells work at high temperatures (up to around
1,000 °C), but reducing the thickness of the electrolyte can decrease their operating temperatures and nanoscale
membranes have previously been fabricated. Bin Zhu and colleagues at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH),
Stockholm, have now been able to remove the electrolyte altogether, creating a fuel cell from a single homogenous
layer"
i) NANOCOFC (Nanocomposites for advanced fuel cell technology (www.nanocofc.com) - a new emerging LTSOFC R&D explored and established by Dr. Zhu and his colleagues since last 10 years, followed by the world activities from USA, Candana, UK, France, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Finland, China, India etc. Dr. Zhu' s Fuel cell technology group in EKV has published more than 10 publications this year, represented by 1) Adv. Mat.SCI, IF:10.857, 2) Energy Environ Sci (2011) DOI:10.1039/C1EE01202, SCI, IF: 9.446; 3) Electrochem. Commun. SCI， 4.282; 4) J. Power Sources)， SCI, 4.283; 5) Int. J. Hydrogen Energy)，SCI, 4.053
ii) Electrolyte-free fuel cell with 5 outstanding publications as bellow:
Advanced Nanocomposites and Electrolyte-free fuel cell (EFFC)- a great breakthrough in fuel cell R&D
1. Adv. Func. Mat. SCI, IF: 8.486
2. Energy Environ Sci (2011) DOI:10.1039/C1EE01202, SCI, IF: 9.446
3. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy)，SCI, 4.053；
4. Electrochem. Commun. SCI， 4.282；
5. J. Power Sources)， SCI, 4.283
The nature Nnaotech highlight and Materials View news are formated as bellow
Nature publisher selected our single component fuel cell or electrolyte
free fuel cell as a reserach highlight
"NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY | RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Fuel cells: Three in one
http://www.nature.com/nnano/reshigh/2011/0611/full/nnano.2011.93.html
Original report and Materials Views:
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_Hydrogen_Economy.html?utm_source=author_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_camp
aign=author_email_alert>.
As stated:
Conventional fuel cells generate electricity by ion transportation
through the electrolyte. However, this new device works without an
electrolyte, and all processes occur at particle surfaces in the
material. This streamlined design should help pave the way towards more
cost efficient fuel cells and perhaps even the arrival of the hydrogen
economy.
Other updates can be found at www.nanocofc.com<http://www.nanocofc.com>