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First Images of Fuel-Cell Nanoparticles Monday, October 06, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Nanotechnology   
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In a step toward developing better fuel cells for electric cars and more, engineers at MIT and two other institutions have taken the first images of individual atoms on and near the surface of nanoparticles key to the eco-friendly energy conversion devices. Nanoparticles made of platinum and cobalt are known to catalyze some of the chemical reactions behind fuel cells, making those reactions run up to four times faster than if platinum alone is used as the catalyst. (source: web.mit.edu)
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