Discovery Could Make Fuel Cells Much Cheaper

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a platinum-free catalyst in the cathode of a hydrogen fuel cell that uses carbon, iron and cobalt. That could make the catalysts "two to three orders of magnitude cheaper," the lab says, thereby significantly reducing the cost of fuel cells.

By Chuck Squatriglia

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