Cheaper green fuel has been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom – using iron instead of costly platinum.
The breakthrough brings the commercialization of hydrogen cell electric vehicles a step closer.
They are an environmentally-friendly alternative for portable power – with water vapor the only by-product.
The development puts the common metal ahead in the race to find cost-effective catalysts.
Project leader Professor Anthony Kucernak, of Imperial College London, said: “Currently, around 60 percent of the cost of a single fuel cell is the platinum for the catalyst.
“To make fuel cells a real viable alternative to fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, for example, we need to bring that cost down.”
“Our cheaper catalyst design should make this a reality, and allow deployment of significantly more renewable energy systems that use hydrogen as fuel, ultimately reducing greenhouse gas emissions and putting the world on a path to net-zero emissions.”
Well they better get it here soon !!!!!
Well we won’t have to go electric then , tell Biden !!!!
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the world.
Free hydrogen for fuel is extremely costly, very hard to contain, and takes a lot of energy to make.
NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION!
Lawn Fertilizer !!!!!