The system uses a catalyzed chemical reaction to divide methanol into carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The hydrogen is used to feed a fuel cell, which in turn produces electricity to power the car’s ...

As a novel energy conversion device, fuel cells are capable of efficiently ... enhances the efficiency and durability of methanol oxidation reactions. Composed of ultrafine platinum-based high ...

These catalysts are not selective for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR ... "A selective electrocatalyst–based direct methanol fuel cell operated at high concentrations of methanol" Science ...

but there may be an even greener way to use methanol. A "direct-oxidation fuel cell" relies on a reaction between methanol and air to produce electrical energy, which could be used to drive a car.

It's not burning the methanol, mind you – this fuel cell, built by Ser Energy, uses a simple chemical reaction to combine methanol and air to produce carbon dioxide, water and enough energy to ...

The conventional methanol fuel cell, which is well known and well understood ... etched into a porous structure and then coated inside the pores with platinum as a reaction catalyst. “We’re etching ...

Methanol fuel cell units by SerEnergy have the option to ... a device that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction, not combustion. In a fuel cell, hydrogen and oxygen are ...

They will be on show at the Fuel Cell Expo, which opens in Tokyo on Wednesday. DMFCs produce electricity from a reaction between methanol, water, and air. The only by-products of the reaction are ...

Toshiba is gearing up to release a fuel cell cartridge powered by methanol that could keep an ... which produces electricity by causing a chemical reaction. Credit: Toshiba After three years ...

"PEDOT:PSS is a perfect catalyst for the reaction with a benzenediol such ... the same as the current ethanol-based and methanol-based fuel cells. "An efficient method to produce catechol from ...

A new technology has been created to boost performance of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs ... are not selective for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) at the anode or the oxygen reduction ...