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07 Dec 2006

Inorganic electrolytes 'improve fuel cells', researchers from Arizona State University claim

Researchers at Arizona State University have claimed that inorganic ammonium salts used as electrolytes can improve the performance of fuel cells.

According to a report by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the researchers have developed a fuel cell using the inorganic liquids, operating at temperatures ranging from 100 to 200 degrees C.

They claim that the fuel cell's performance is comparable to that of more common phosphoric acid fuel cells.

Leader of the research project Professor Austen Angell explained that an organic cation did not appear to be necessary for the effective functioning of the electrolyte.

"For the purposes of high current density cells, the removal of the organic component seems to bestow an advantage," he commented, according to the RSC.

Professor Angell added that the inorganic electrolytes were highly effective as proton carriers as well as being neutral and non-corrosive.

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