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Article: Fuel Cells.(composition, energy-generating processes and industry developments and innovations)
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- Poptronics
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- February 1, 2001
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We're going to start a short series on fuel cells. This month, we'll look at the status of fuel-cell technology, and we'll discuss how to construct a few different types of fuel cells in later columns.
Fuel cells came into public awareness m the early 1960s when NASA determined that fuel cells would be an ideal power source for America's spacecraft. Not only did fuel cells generate electric power, their waste product was drinkable water for the astronauts. The American space program, starting with Gemini series of spacecraft, had fuels cells as an integral part of the power supply.
That connection with space flight certainly promoted a high-technology ...