Load only a drop of methanol

Japanese scientists have created a new fuel cell that can power a cell phone for days with just one drop of human-sized methanol.

Kurita Water Indistries, which produces the batteries, said it would take three years for the new product to be available on the counter and that the discovery of this fuel cell contributes significantly to the use of proprietary energy sources. environmentally friendly. Many people believe that in future fuel cells will replace the fuel cell as a source of energy.

Structure and operation of the ethanol fuel cell.

The new fuel cell was on display at the FC Expo in Tokyo. It emerged using the technology of the arms race. According to the exhibitors, fuel cells will soon be used as a source of energy in cars, computers, cars for the disabled, motorcycles and even for heating homes.

Meanwhile, American company UntaCell has announced that the company will be conducting trials on the field of fuel cells used in the US military. Future soldiers point to the battle with several fuel cells instead of dozens of lithium batteries to charge night vision cameras, laser pointers as well as other necessary equipment.

Yet even enthusiastic supporters of using fuel cells remain skeptical of their commercial success in the future.

Christopher Onder, a Swiss engineer who invented the world's most economical car running on a fuel cell that can run 20 meters with 1 gram of hydrogen, said people were too hopeful of fuel cells.

Two years ago, all exhibitors said that the fuel cell would be in widespread use after 10 years, but they now say it is more realistic to say that the period is 20 years.