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It's basic: Yan group sets performance targets for alternative fuel cell technology
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/december/alternative-fuel-cell-technology/
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UD's Yushan Yan is co-author of a Nature Nanotechnology paper on performance targets for alternative fuel cell technology.
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Article by Diane Kukich | Infographic by Jeffrey Chase | December 09, 2016
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“First, to become a commercial reality, fuel cell engines have to be at cost parity with their gasoline counterparts,” he says, “and moving from an acid platform with the PEMFC to a base system with the HEMFC will enable a collateral benefit in bringing down all of the associated costs.
“Then, if we agree that this is the best approach, we need to get everyone in the HEMFC research community on board. If we want to succeed, we have to work together.”
Finally, Yan warns that it is insufficient just to have a lower cost.
“It doesn’t work to compare our results today with those from yesterday or the day before,” he says. “To succeed commercially with HEMFCs, we have to match or beat the performance of PEMFCs. It’s that simple — we can’t succeed without achieving performance parity.”
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