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A very promising company who we've featured previously on our blog (see here and here). They are developing concentrated solar for zero-carbon industrial processes. Huge growth potential.

https://heliogen.com/


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Carbon-coated nickel enables a hydrogen fuel cell free of precious metals
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-carbon-co ... -fuel.html
by Kate Blackwood, Cornell University

A nitrogen-doped, carbon-coated nickel anode can catalyze an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells at a fraction of the cost of the precious metals currently used, Cornell University researchers have found.

The new discovery could accelerate the widespread use of hydrogen fuel cells, which hold great promise as efficient, clean energy sources for vehicles and other applications.

It's one of a string of discoveries for the Héctor D. Abruña lab in their ongoing search for active, inexpensive, durable catalysts for use in alkaline fuel cells.

"This finding makes progress toward using efficient, clean hydrogen fuel cells in place of fossil fuels," said Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The results published March 21 in "A Completely Precious-Metal-Free Alkaline Fuel Cell With Enhanced Performance Using a Carbon-Coated Nickel Anode," in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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weatheriscool wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:17 am Carbon-coated nickel enables a hydrogen fuel cell free of precious metals
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-carbon-co ... -fuel.html
by Kate Blackwood, Cornell University

A nitrogen-doped, carbon-coated nickel anode can catalyze an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells at a fraction of the cost of the precious metals currently used, Cornell University researchers have found.

The new discovery could accelerate the widespread use of hydrogen fuel cells, which hold great promise as efficient, clean energy sources for vehicles and other applications.

It's one of a string of discoveries for the Héctor D. Abruña lab in their ongoing search for active, inexpensive, durable catalysts for use in alkaline fuel cells.

"This finding makes progress toward using efficient, clean hydrogen fuel cells in place of fossil fuels," said Abruña, the Emile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The results published March 21 in "A Completely Precious-Metal-Free Alkaline Fuel Cell With Enhanced Performance Using a Carbon-Coated Nickel Anode," in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Not sure how this relates to Heliogen.
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