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Article: A sizable difference: The demand for personal electronic products with longer run times and smaller power supplies has heightened the interest in recent micro fuel cell developments.(ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Micro Fuel Cell Developments)
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- Product Design & Development
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- December 1, 2007
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Some reports have micro fuel cell implementation becoming mainstream by 2010. By that time, the product category is projected to generate upwards of $100 million in sales, with strong prospects of at least doubling that amount by 2015. That's a long way from its current status of about $12 million, but the promise of a smaller, longer-lasting power supply in a marketplace that's driven by the next great innovation could deliver those numbers and more.
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Simply stated, a fuel cell is an electrochemical energy conversion device that catalyzes reactions in fuel and oxygen to produce electricity. A fuel cell will operate continuously as ...