A breakthrough in interface engineering clears the path for sustainable, high-power hydrogen energy. As the world races toward a hydrogen-based society, the quest for a truly green fuel cell has faced a persistent material hurdle. Most modern fuel cells rely on fluorine-based membranes to conduct protons. While effective, these materials are environmentally taxing and expensive to produce. Now, a research team at Kumamoto University’s Institute of Industrial Nanomaterials (IINa) has achieved a major milestone in sustainable energy, developing a graphene oxide fuel cell that shatters previous performance records for nanosheet-based electrolytes.
Interface tweak triples graphene oxide fuel cell power density to 0.7 W/cm²
