• Question: Can Hydrogen be used to make electricity?

    Asked by teinstine to Aggelos, Andrew, Eileen, Naomi, Shane on 14 Nov 2012.
    • Photo: Aggelos Zacharopoulos

      Aggelos Zacharopoulos answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      @teinstine,
      Yes! There are devices called “fuel cells” which combine hydrogen with the oxygen in the air and produce electricity and water (2x) H2 + O2 -> (2x) H2O

      It is a great way of producing electricity as it does not produce any pollution, just pure water! There is a lot of research on fuel cells right. Car manufacturers are trying to use them instead of a petrol engine! Cost is one issue at the moment but we hope that they will be more cost competive in the near future.

    • Photo: Andrew Jackson

      Andrew Jackson answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      aggelos is the expert on this kind of thing and i completely agree with him.

    • Photo: Eileen Diskin

      Eileen Diskin answered on 14 Nov 2012:

      Yep! Just like Aggelos says. There are some pretty cool possibilities with this.

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