{"id":136566,"date":"2023-08-09T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//?p=136566"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:24:00","slug":"new-ethanol-fuel-cell-technology-rivals-fossil-fuels-and-electric-car-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//new-ethanol-fuel-cell-technology-rivals-fossil-fuels-and-electric-car-batteries/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566//","title":{"rendered":"New Ethanol Fuel Cell Technology Rivals Fossil Fuels and Electric Car Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ researchers have achieved new record-setting power density for ethanol fuel cells, helping advance the technology as a competitor to fossil fuels and electric car batteries./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566/n

Ethanol fuel cells offer cleaner emissions than fossil fuels and no charging times compared to electric vehicle batteries./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566/n

In recent studies published in the journals Nature Communications and Joule, Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ NanoScience Technology Center Associate Professor Yang Yang and his team developed new catalysts to make direct ethanol fuel cells last longer and boost their power density to a record level./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566/n

Biomass-derived ethanol has been widely used in many industries, including as a liquid biofuel. However, the ethanol must go through a conversion process to become usable fuel and can only be indirectly converted to energy by blending with gasoline to achieve an acceptable conversion efficiency./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/136566/n