Stretching Old Material Yields New Results for Energy- and Environment-related Devices

Stretching Old Material Yields New Results for Energy- and Environment-related Devices
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:02:00 -0500

Researchers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. recently found a way to improve electricity generating fuel cells, potentially making them more efficient, powerful and less expensive. Specifically, they discovered a way to speed up the flow and filtering of water or ions, which are necessary for fuel cells to operate.

Simply put, the researchers stretched Nafion, a polymer electrolyte membrane, or PEM, commonly used in fuel cells and increased the speed at which it selectively filters ...

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