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    The document discusses hydrogen fuel cells as a potential replacement for existing energy sources. It outlines the objectives of determining if hydrogen is viable, lowering the cost of production, improving catalysts, and gaining public acceptance. It then describes how hydrogen fuel cells work by stripping hydrogen atoms of electrons to create a current and combining them with oxygen to produce only water. Research is focusing on developing cheaper ways to extract hydrogen and new materials like magnesium nanocrystals surrounded by graphene sheets to improve fuel cell efficiency and durability.

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    Hydrogen Fuel

    Cells
    Gabriel Willer

    Objectives
    Determine if hydrogen is a viable energy
    source to replace existing sources
    Figure how to lower the cost of hydrogen
    extraction and creation
    How to obtain more cost-effective
    catalystswith high catalytic activity
    Find a way to convince the mass population
    who may be skeptical about the relatively
    new technology.

    How does it work?

    Hydrogen atoms enter a fuel cell at the anode where a chemical reaction
    strips them of their electrons. The negatively charged electrons provide
    the current through wires to do work. The hydrogen is now positively
    charged ions which pass through the electrolyte to the cathode, where
    oxygen is entering. The hydrogen ions, oxygen and electrons combine
    there. Performed correctly, the only by product is water.

    Electrochemistry

    Branch of physical chemistry that studies chemical reactions which


    take place at the interface of an electrode, usually a solid metal or a
    semiconductor, and an ionic conductor, the electrolyte.
    Hydrogen fuelis a zero-emissionfuelwhich uses electrochemical
    cells, or combustion in internal engines, to power vehicles and
    electric devices.

    What we know
    Hydrogen is abundant, but to separate it from water (electrolysis) or
    harvest it from methane can be very costly and energy inefficient.
    The least expensive way to extract hydrogen is to spray steam on
    white-hot coals. This results in mostly hydrogen gas (40 percent)
    and carbon monoxide (50 percent), a mixture known appropriately
    as water gas. The carbon monoxide can then be burned to
    become carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
    Hydrogen fuel cells use a chemical reaction rather than combustion
    to produce electricity
    Wasted heat can be used to provide more efficient motors
    The only emission is water
    Electric motors outfitted with hydrogen fuel cells have a far longer
    range than that of todays electric motors.

    Wave of the Future

    Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley


    National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a new materials
    recipe for a battery-like hydrogen fuel cell. Hydrogen-absorbing
    magnesium nanocrystals are surrounded by atomically thin
    graphene sheets. The graphene shields the nanocrystals from
    oxygen and contaminants while allowing hydrogen to pass through
    tiny natural holes. It is also used in the propulsion of spacecraft and
    can potentially be mass-produced and commercialized for passenger
    vehicles and aircraft.

    Sources
    http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogen-plant-waste/36903/
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160314091007.htm
    http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydrogen-fuel/
    http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydrogen-fuel/
    http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/basics.htm
    http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn901850u

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