Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Fuel-cell technology

Running on natural gas

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Fuel processing reactions (reforming of methane to hydrogen fuel) and their influence on the complexity and efficiency of different types of fuel cell.
Figure 2: Conversion of methane by an oxide catalyst7.

References

  1. Murray, E. P., Tsai, T. & Barnett, S. A. Nature 400, 649–651 (1999).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Steele, B. C. H. CR Acad. Sci. 1, Serie IIc, 533-543 (1998).

  3. Casanova, A. J. Power Sources 71, 65–70 (1998).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Diethelm, R. et al. in Proc. 3rd European SOFC Forum (ed. Stevens, P.) 87-93 (European Fuel Cell Forum, Oberrohrdorf, Switzerland, 1998).

  5. Morton, I. in Automotive Engineer June (1999).

  6. Doshi, R., Alcock, C. B., Gunasekaran, N. & Carberry, J. J. J. Catalysis 140, 557–563 (1993).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Middleton, P. H. et al. in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells III Vols 93-94 (eds Singhal, S. & Iwahara, H.) 542-551 (Electrochem. Soc., Pennington, New Jersey, 1993).

  8. Gellings, P. J. & Bouwmeester, H. J. M. Catalysis Today 12, 1–105 (1992).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Steir, J., van Herle, J. & McEvoy, A. J. in Proc. 3rd European SOFC Forum (ed. Stevens, P.) 267-276 (European Fuel Cell Forum, Oberrohrdorf, Switzerland, 1998).

  10. Marina, O. A., Bagger, C., Primdahl, S. & Mogensen, M. Solid State Ionics 123, 199–208 (1999).

    Google Scholar 

  11. Takahashi, T. in Physics of Electrolytes Vol. 2 (ed. Hladik, J.) 989-1049 (Academic, London, 1972).

  12. Ramirez-Cabrera, E., Atkinson, A. & Chadwick, D. Solid State Ionics Abstr. I-10 (in the press).

  13. Naito, H., Sakai, N., Otake, T., Yugami, H. & Yokawa, H. Solid State Ionics Abstr. C-07 (in the press).

  14. Steele, B. C. H., Middleton, P. H. & Rudkin, R. A. Solid State Ionics 40/41, 388–393 (1990).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2AZ, London, UK

    Brian C. H. Steele

Authors
  1. Brian C. H. Steele
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Steele, B. Running on natural gas. Nature 400, 619–621 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/23144

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/23144

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation