Hydrogen-fuelled vehicles

Hydrogen is hailed as a non-polluting synthetic fuel that could replace oil, especially for transport applications. The technology to make this a reality — particularly hydrogen-storage materials — has been a long time coming, but the first commercial vehicles might now be only a few years away.

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 460; no. 7257; pp. 809 - 811
Main Author Schlapbach, Louis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.08.2009
Nature Publishing Group
Subjects
Atmospheric pressure
Automobile industry
Batteries
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Fuel cells
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrogen
multidisciplinary
news-and-views-qanda
Nitric oxide
R&D
Renewable energy sources
Research & development
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Temperature
Thermal energy
Trends
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Summary:Hydrogen is hailed as a non-polluting synthetic fuel that could replace oil, especially for transport applications. The technology to make this a reality — particularly hydrogen-storage materials — has been a long time coming, but the first commercial vehicles might now be only a few years away.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/460809a