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Testing Methanol-Based Fuel Cells Using FTIR Spectroscopy

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Lynn M. Savage

Lithium-ion batteries are used to power devices ranging from cell phones to laptops, but improvements on battery technology are being sought to increase their efficiency and to reduce their environmental impact. Possible replacements for lithium-ion batteries are direct methanol fuel cells, which use liquid fuel as a source of protons and electrons. This type of fuel cell is promising because it provides twice the power density of lithium-ion cells at only ~20 percent efficiency and, if it could operate at 100 percent efficiency, might provide up to 10 times higher power density. A...Read full article

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    Published: January 2008
    Accent on ApplicationsApplicationsBasic Sciencecell phoneschemicalsenergyLithium-ion batteriesmethanol fuelSensors & Detectorsspectroscopy

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