{"id":126,"date":"2008-05-19T13:46:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T21:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/fuel-cells\/mit-fuel-cell-50-percent-more-efficient\/"},"modified":"2008-05-19T13:46:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T21:46:29","slug":"mit-fuel-cell-50-percent-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentechgazette.com\/index.php\/fuel-cells\/mit-fuel-cell-50-percent-more-efficient\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Fuel Cell 50 Percent More Efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new methanol fuel cell that is 50-percent more efficient that other comparable FC\u2019s. This direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), according to MIT Professor Paula Hammond is cost-effective, highly tunable and has more output than a comparable material called Nafion.<\/p>\n

In fact, Hammond says the new layer-by-layer assembly technique is what makes the MIT fuel cell<\/a> superior to Dupont\u2019s Nafion. This type of nanotechnology makes the MIT DMFC less permeable to methanol leakage.<\/p>\n

Methanol is a fuel favored in many portable devices since it has a high energy density and can be used directly instead of being reformed into hydrogen then run through a PEM fuel cell. Methanol is a liquid and is easier to handle than hydrogen gas, is arguably safer and the only waste is water and a small amount of CO2.<\/p>\n

The thin film assembly technology that MIT has developed will not only be useful as a replacement for current battery technology, but the researchers are also examining its use for the photovoltaic industry as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new methanol fuel cell that is 50-percent more efficient that other comparable FC\u2019s. This direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), according to MIT Professor Paula Hammond is cost-effective, highly tunable and has more output than a comparable material called Nafion. In fact, Hammond says the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-cells"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t