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Science 30 July 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5428, p. 683
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5428.683
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HYDROGEN POWER:
Company Aims to Give Fuel Cells a Little Backbone

David Voss

ELKTON, MARYLAND--Before fuel cell-makers can challenge utility companies for our business, they must first lower the price and ratchet up the power of their devices. A crucial part of the strategy is to improve the membrane assembly, which serves as catalyst, electrode, and chemical separator. Researchers are achieving promising results using fluoropolymers, but cost remains an obstacle.

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