About DBIS   | Story archive  |  DBIS home

Gadget Power

Physicists Develop Smaller Micro Fuel Cells

January 1, 2003

Physicists are developing a new technology that could soon result in cell phones or laptop computers that have a much longer life before they need recharging. Micro fuel cells use common wood alcohol as fuel and a special membrane that produces electricity by chemically separating electrons from the alcohol.


Latest stories

More information on this story

Martha J. Heil
mheil@aip.org
American Institute of Physics
Tel: 301-209-3088