Fuelling the 21st century
Further Reading
Vol. 19, no. 2, 1998, page 12
Hybrid fuel cells offer better, cleaner energy (by Stephen Luntz)
Vol. 17, no. 2, 1996, pages 51-53
Sydney 2000 and the electric car (by Simon Tonkin and Paul Tonkin)
Fuel cells have many advantages over the heavy batteries currently used to power electric cars.
No. 116, 2003, page 6
Perth's hydrogen bus trial (by Steve Davidson)
Describes trials in Perth and ten European cities of hydrogen powered buses.
December 2006, pages 1-3
Building better fuel cells (by David Salt)
Researchers at ANU apply plasma processing to improve the performance and cost of the key components that drive fuel cells.
28 April 2010, pages 1262-1264
Hydrogen vehicles: Fuel for the future?(by Jeff Tollefson)
Assesses the main challenges facing adoption of hydrogen cars.
17 March 2007, pages 30-31
Fuel cells set to switch trains onto a greener track (by Julia Pierce)
Describes the development of a hydrogen fuel powered fuel cell.
1 October 2005, page 24
Hydrogen power brewed on the go (by Helen Knight)
Describes a device made to generate hydrogen for micro fuel cells for electronic gadgets.
23 August 2005
Coal-powered fuel cell aims for efficiency (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
Describes a coal-powered fuel cell that may lead to a more efficient way of extracting energy from the fossil fuel than simply burning it.
9 April 2005, page 6
Fuel cell squeezes more from petrol (by David Chandler)
Describes an octane-burning fuel cell.
6 March 2004, page 23
Compact fuel cells may oust feeble batteries (by Duncan Graham-Rowe)
A report on the use of miniature hydrogen fuel cells in devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones.
16 August 2003, pages 8-9
The clean green energy dream (by James Randerson)
A report on the use of hydrogen as an energy source.
Inside Science (No. 141), 16 June 2001
Fuelling the future (by David Hart)
Describes how fuel cells work and their applications.
22 July 2000, pages 30-33
Everlasting flight (by Ben Iannotta)
Describes the development of a remote-controlled plane which will be powered by a water-based fuel cell system.
August 2004
Hydrogen is on the way
Reviews the various alternatives to fossil fuels and looks at the ‘production-storage-transport’ chain envisaged as part of the hydrogen economy.
August 2004
Fuel cells
Summarises the range of fuel cells with a variety of potential applications from vehicles to power stations.
31 August 2005
New catalyst produces hydrogen from water
Reports on a catalyst that produces hydrogen from water.
March 2005, pages 50-57
On the road to fuel cell cars (by Steven Ashley)
Describes the basic technical and market obstacles that must be hurdled before clean, hydrogen-powered cars reach dealer showrooms.
May 2004, pages 40-47
Questions about a hydrogen economy (by Matthew L. Wald)
Looks at the use of hydrogen fuel cells to power cars and other devices.
July 2001, page 14
Fuel cell phones (by Steven Ashley)
Developers expect to have minature fuel cells that will power mobile phones by the second half of this decade.
July 1999, pages 56-75
Special report: The future of fuel cells
Page updated May 2010.