Moisture helps catalyst in fuel cells: Proton pinball on the catalyst
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 10:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Thanks to a reaction that resembles a sort of proton pinball game, a thin layer of moisture on the surface of a catalysts can improve the efficiency of fuel cells, devices used to transform chemical energy (a fuel like hydrogen, for example) directly into electricity without releasing greenhouse gases in emissions.