Fuel cells are devices that generate electricity by means of a chemical reaction that does not involve combustion. They can be employed in a variety of scales and situations — from powering portable electronic devices up to vehicles and even whole buildings. The most common fuel used is hydrogen, which results in a highly efficient cell that does not produce any greenhouse gases as a result of its operation. However, most of this element is sourced from natural gas and other fossil fuels, and so its extraction adds to both the cost and environmental impact of hydrogen fuel cells. The hydrogen used in fuel cells is also stored as a compressed gas, which inherently makes containment and transport of the fuel a challenge.In their study, physicist Professor Apparao Rao of the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI) in South Carolina and his colleagues have turned their attention to the…
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