Research progress of fuel cell
The researchers obtained a simple and inexpensive composite carrier by doping nickel phosphide (Ni2P) into ordinary carbon black, and then loading palladium on the composite carrier to obtain an anodic electrocatalyst for direct formic acid fuel cell.
A team of scientists at the Korea University of Korea outlined a plan for making cheap electricity from the use of carbon atoms in urine. The researchers said they would replace the expensive platinum in fuel cells with carbon that was naturally present in human urine. A fuel cell is a very promising technology that converts chemical energy into electricity by hydrogenation.
According to this technique, hydrogen is sent to the side of the fuel cell, with a negative charge on the anode, while oxygen is sent to the other side of the fuel cell, with a positive charge on the cathode. On the anode, a platinum-catalyzed catalyst separates the electrons of the hydrogen atoms, leaving positively charged hydrogen ions and free electrons. A film between the anode and the cathode allows only hydrogen ions to pass through. This means that electrons only move along the external circuit, and then generate electricity.
Scientists research and development power fuel cell: alternative platinum for catalysis.
