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Article: ENGINEERING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE COULD POWER FUTURE FUEL CELL.
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- Industrial Environment
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Researchers are developing a new type of environmentally friendly fuel cell that runs on aluminum and renewable resources and generates about 20 times more electricity per pound than car batteries. The cell produces electricity through chemical reactions between hydrogen peroxide and aluminum. If perfected, such an electricity source could one day replace conventional batteries in many applications, including portable electronic equipment. "It has a huge amount of energy potential," said John Rusek, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University, who is working with students to develop the cell.
A poster paper about the research was ...