Hydrogen, energy conversion fuel cells

In the field of electrocatalysis the situation seems to be somewhat better as far as the problems of clean surfaces and the existence of chemical effects are concerned. Unfortunately, so far only a few reactions have been studied. Thus, much more systematic fundamental research has to be done. From the results already available one can extract the hope that ion-bombardment will be of future importance for fields involving electrocatalytical reactions such as, for example, hydrogen technology, energy conversion, fuel cells and electrochemical redox reactions. 

Suppose that this energy is to be supplied to cars in the form of hydrogen in a fuel cell from re-formed methanol, (c) How many moles of C02 andH2 would be required to form the methanol (d) Calculate the cubic meters of air per day that would have to be collected at a given gas station to allow extraction of the necessary C02 (0.3% in air), (e) Then calculate the number of moles per day of H2 needed to form the corresponding methanol (fuel cell efficiency is 60%). (f) Calculate the area of solar panels (number of square meters for a 10-kW sunny day) required to produce this H2 at 20% efficiency for the conversion of solar... 

In the phosphoric acid fuel cell as currently practiced, a premium (hydrogen rich) hydrocarbon (e.g. methane) fuel is steam reformed to produce a hydrogen feedstock to the cell stack for direct (electrochemical) conversion to electrical energy. At the fuel electrode, hydrogen ionization is accomplished by use of a catalytic material (e.g. Pt, Pd, or Ru) to form solvated protons. 

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