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Article: ITM-Power Claims Polymer Membrane Breakthrough in Hydrogen Electrolysers.
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- Design News
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- August 11, 2008
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By John Dodge, Editor-in-Chief
ITM-Power's new polymer cuts the cost of membrane polymer
A British company is claiming a breakthrough in electrolyser and fuel cell technology that promises to knock down one of hydrogen's cost barriers.
ITM-Power Plc of Saffron Walden has developed a new polymer eight years in the making that its CEO Jim Heathcote claims cuts the cost of a square meter of membrane polymer from $500 to $5. Electrolyser membranes separate hydrogen from oxygen and convert it into an energy-carrying gas. In a fuel cell, the membrane separates hydrogen protons from electrons, which produce electrical current.
"The membrane ...