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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 January 2008
GBP292,000 grant supports fuel cell
research
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Dr Varcoe's research will investigate the possibility of using alkaline instead of acidic polymers, which may enable the use of metals other than prohibitively expensive platinum.
An energy materials research group in alkaline polymer fuel cells lead by Dr John Varcoe at the University of Surrey has been awarded GBP292,000 by the EPSRC to develop new low-temperature fuel cells which could lower the cost and increase the operation times of batteries used in everyday gadgets such as mobile phones and laptops The EPSRC award to Surrey forms part of a larger GBP1.4m award to four UK universities