When lithium-ion batteries just won’t cut it
Believe it or not, you are looking at hydrogen power supply. Developed by Cella Energy in the UK, it is basically ammonia borane formed into a composite by incorporating a polymer. The resulting material forms a microporous plastic-like solid which can be pressed, shaped or extruded. Cella says it can make tons of the stuff annually. Each gram of Cella material produces up to 1 liter of hydrogen gas. What you see here are cartridges of the stuff. When combined with a fuel cell, the result is two to three times the specific energy of a lithium-ion battery. The beauty of the idea, says Cella, is that it avoids having to use hydrogen under high pressure to power fuel cells.
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