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Saturday, August 29, 2009

New alkaline membrane for cheaper fuel cells

A NEW type of fuel cell membrane made from quaternary phosphonium–based polymers could allow for the production of cheaper fuel cells which do not require the use of expensive precious metal catalysts.

Yushan Yan, chemical and environmental engineering professor at the University of California, Riverside, and his team developed the alkaline membrane, which contains the polymeric ionomer TPQPOH with a tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium unit

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