Fuel cell for laptop is about to appear on the market

Taiwan's Antig and AVC are preparing to introduce a fuel cell for laptops at the CeBit exhibition next week in Hannover (Germany). They claim the technology is ready for mass production in the second half of 2006.

Fuel batteries of Antig and AVC.( Gizmodo )

The battery is about the size of a CD-ROM, weighs 1.7 kg, provides a power of 45 watts and operates continuously for 8 hours. However, it is hoped that Antig will not be like NEC in 2003 saying that their fuel cell laptops will appear in 2004 but this year only "hope the product will be more efficient and workable." 40 hours continuously ". Anyway, the Japanese electronics company has also launched a laptop that integrates fuel cells for 5 hours. The battery weighs 0.9 kg, contains 300 cm3 of methanol and uses a catalyst to separate them into oxygen and hydrogen to produce heat.

Meanwhile, Toshiba also announced it will release the technology-equipped laptop in 2004, and then admitted at CeBit 2005 that they need another 3 years to complete.

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