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Electrochemical Power Generation

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Achieving efficient and economic energy conversion and storage is the new direction of electrochemical technology. The problem of supplying conveniently small amounts of electrical energy was simply solved with throw-away batteries. This may not be desirable in the future, even the cheap manganese dioxide cell should be made rechargeable ! In order to save precious oil improved batteries must be built for electric vehicles with the additional effect of quietly improving our city environments. “Refillable” fuel cells may be the answers instead of rechargeable secondary batteries. They may be of the alkaline type like the cells built for space applications or acidic types as used for stationary powerplants more successfully. The availability of hydrogen as energy carrier and fuel will become decisive for a future electrochemical power scenario. However, other elements like lithium or aluminum may be important for the design of portable electrical power sources with high energy density.

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  1. Institute for Inorganic Technology, Technical University Graz, Graz, Austria, A-8010

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Kordesch, K. (1982). Electrochemical Power Generation. In: Landau, U., Yeager, E., Kortan, D. (eds) Electrochemistry in Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4238-0_11

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