Expected Future Situation with Fuel Cells

4 EXPECTED FUTURE SITUATION WITH FUEL CELLS 

For further improvement of fuel cell performance, first of all obvious problems mentioned in the chapters of this book need to be solved, such as raising the activity of catalysts for methanol oxidation, lowering the sensitivity of oxygen-electrode catalysts toward methanol, and building new improved membranes. In addition, a number of fundamental problems need to be solved in the field of electrocatalysis  

Developing catalysts for the complete 12-electron oxidation of ethanol. Such catalysts are needed for efficient utilization of biofuels in fuel cells producing electric power, which, in the final analysis, is derived from solar energy, involving consumption (rather than liberation) of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. 

Bagotsky VS. Fuel Cells Problems and Solutions. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ Wiley, 1st ed., 2009  

Justi EW, Winsel A. Fuel Cells Kalte Verbrennung. Germany Steiner, Wiesbaden 1962. Lamy C, Leger J-M, Srinivasan S. In Bockris JO M, Conway BE, editors, Vol. 34. Modem Aspects of Flectrochemistry. New York Plenum Press 2000. p 53. 

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