Organizational networks, according to recent reports by physicists, scientists are studying can continue to use 20 hours of battery, the battery mainly used methanol or ethanol to work, very green.
Micro Engineering University of New Mexico director of the Center 阿巴哈亚戴提 research team plan is that the battery inside, methanol is converted into hydrogen, producing hydrogen are then entered into the fuel cell to generate electricity, when the battery is depleted and need to be inserted into a fresh “methanol tube” in can continue to use.
Day mentioned that to do this, need to find a cheap catalyst, the methanol can be quickly and efficiently into hydrogen. Their current study is the palladium and zinc compounds, palladium and zinc are very cheap, and can quickly be transformed into methanol to hydrogen.
The researchers also wanted to know whether the size and shape of the catalyst on the catalytic effect of an impact. They carefully observed using transmission electron microscopy revealed that the catalyst, isolated Pd atoms move and internal zinc with zinc oxide combined, in addition, the catalyst, there are still another form of palladium and zinc particles state dual Jin Zhu structure. The researchers pointed out, figure out which structure is more effective in the future may help create a better catalyst.
In addition, the research team is also studying how the shape of zinc oxide catalyst affect the reaction rate. Day mentioned that the synthetic environment by choosing the right, get the required zinc oxide, such as sheet-like or sheet of zinc oxide.
