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Toshiba to Start Selling Dynario Fuel Cell Battery

Toshiba today announced the launch of its first direct methanol fuel-cell product: Dynario. The Dynario has a dedicated fuel cartridge for refueling on the go, and only 3,000 units will be available at initial launch. It runs on mix of methanol and ambient oxygen, and the chemical reaction between the two in the fuel cell produces electricity. [...]

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MTI Micro Mobion Fuel Cells Works Longer with Less Power Degradation

MTI MicroFuel Cells has achieved 2,700 hours of continuous operation with a Mobion laboratory cell. The test also successfully demonstrated an improvement by showing power degradation of less than 15% .

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Sharp Announes Progress on Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) Power Density

Last week, Sharp has announced that it had achieved the world’s highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell volume. Thus, the use of this technology can make it possible to develop fuel cells that have almost the same [...]

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In 2010 Your Phone Might be Powered by Water

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has developed a micro-fuel cell and hydrogen generator that runs on water, writes the Chosun Ilbo. Oh Yong-soo, vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ research centre, who said that when the handset is turned on, metal and water in the phone react to produce hydrogen gas. The gas is then supplied to the fuel cell [...]

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