Technology:
Hiroshi Kitagawa and Hirokazu Kobayashi, both are from Kyoto University, developed a
new electrode that doubles the output of a fuel-cell electric vehicle. Incorporated
into the generating equipment of a fuel-cell EV, it can increase the
acceleration of an EV to that of a gasoline vehicle. A metal catalyst of a nanometer
size increases the output of a cell by two times. The two professors plan to
put the electrode into practical use in alliance with companies involved in the
production of electrodes and catalysts.
They
covered a very small palladium cube of 10 nanometers square with an organic compound
several nanometers thick. The organic compound stays hydrogen of fuel near
palladium. When compared with the conventional electrode exposed particles of
palladium, the new electrode makes is easier to occur the reaction to generate
hydrogen, resulting in a higher output of the fuel cell. It is expected that the
new electrode will allow easy production at the same cost of the existing
electrode.
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