Research:Reduce mineral content of fuel cells

Fuel cell vehicles currently need too many platinum-group metals (PGMs). Some scientists are working on ways to reduce the amount of PGMs, or even eliminate them completely. Hopefully they wouldn't have to be replaced with other rare minerals.

Links

• Bosch Fuel Cells Need 1/10 Platinum Used In Current Fuel Cells
• For hydrogen fuel cells, mundane materials might be almost as good as pricey platinum
• Hydrogen Vehicles Could Become Mass Market Thanks To New Catalyst
• Nickel Cells Sell More Affordable Hydrogen Power - IEEE Spectrum
  • Key question: How much would nickel would that need, relative to global production and reserves?

This page could really benefit from links to more robust studies - not just news articles!

See also

• Research:Reduce mineral content of electrolyzers - equally important - similar physics but in reverse