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Articles tagged with: Toshiba and Fuel Cell
Toshiba Launches Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for Mobile Phones
toshiba has announced the launch of its first direct methanol fuel-cell product for mobile phones - the Dynario. The fuel-cell runs on mix of methanol and ambient oxygen, and the chemical reaction between the two in the fuel cell produces electricity. more
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Nokia Drops Plans To Develop Fuel-Cell Battery Handsets
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Nokia Corp. (NOK) has dropped plans to develop mobile phones powered by fuel cell technology for at least the next few years, a Nokia spokesman told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday. more
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Cell phones containing platinum are likely to hit the market next year after an announcement by Japan's DoCoMo that it will start shipping 3G phones that will use fuel cells instead of batteries. Fuel cells require platinum as a major component to enable them to generate energy. Platinum increases electrical conductivity in PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cells. It is critical to fuel cell commercialization and can alone command 10% to 20% of a fuel cell system's cost. Accepting the U.S. Department of Energy's target for platinum use in fuel cell vehicles - 0.2 grams per kilowatt - total platinum use by fuel cell systems could bring an 8% to 12% increase to the world demand for platinum by 2013, according to ABI projections. more
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