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WUSTL team develops high-power direct borohydride fuel cells; double the voltage of conventional H2 fuel cells

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Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) have developed high-power direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC) that operate at double the voltage of conventional PEM hydrogen fuel cells. The approach is broadly applicable to other classes of liquid/liquid fuel cells.

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Boeing Begins Building Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered HALE Demonstrator

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The Boeing Company has begun to build Phantom Eye—its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft. The jig load assembly, model of a liquid-hydrogen engine and fuselage skins for Boeing’s Phantom Eye demonstrator in St. and in Seattle. Boeing photo.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Hydrogen Contaminant Detector, $150,000 Skyre, Inc., Madison, Wis. San Jose, Calif.

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. The Bi-State Development Agency (Metro Transit) serving the St. Louis region will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace aging diesel buses and related charging infrastructure.

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WUSL team develops bifunctional catalyst for unitized regenerative fuel cells

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A team at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) has developed a bifunctional catalyst for the oxygen electrode in a unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC). This means, in electrolyzer mode, catalysts should facilitate the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen, and, in fuel cell mode, facilitate their recombination into water.

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PNNL-led team designs highly active cobalt-based PGM-free catalyst for fuel cells

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Proton exchange membrane—or PEM—fuel cells are typically envisioned to be paired with hydrogen for multiple applications across different sectors, including transportation, stationary and backup power, metals manufacturing, and more. Along with PNNL, researchers from Washington University in St. —Xie et al.

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DOE reports progress on development of hydrogen storage technologies

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program— described a number of advances in the field of hydrogen storage.

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