fuel cell
a device that produces a continuous electric current directly from the oxidation of a fuel, as that of hydrogen by oxygen.
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Republic committed to an order of 2,500 refuse trucks based on the Nikola Tre truck platform, which will use either batteries or, in a version slated for 2023, a liquid hydrogen fuel cell.
Nikola Motor loses another crucial deal, capping a catastrophic 2020 | dzanemorris | December 23, 2020 | FortuneThe company founded by entrepreneur Trevor Milton set out to transform the trucking industry by replacing the diesels in big rigs with batteries and fuel cells.
Instead, Nikola would pay GM the cost of tailoring GM’s Hydrotec fuel cells to Nikola’s planned freight trucks, and then pay more down the road to buy those fuel cells.
It doesn’t specify whether the passenger cars sold by that date would be powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells — only that they have zero emissions.
California to ban new gasoline cars by 2035, a first in U.S. | Verne Kopytoff | September 23, 2020 | FortuneHe’s part of a team working on one such a device, a type of fuel cell.
Working up a sweat may one day power up a device | Carolyn Wilke | June 29, 2020 | Science News For Students
He even created the U.S. Department of Energy, in part to inspire new wind-solar-fuel-cell alternatives to oil and coal.
Carter in Oscarland: The Rehabilitation of the 39th President | Douglas Brinkley | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne is the fuel cell, which converts fuel directly into electric power without the necessity for machinery or working parts.
The Practical Values of Space Exploration | Committee on Science and AstronauticsWait a minute, said one of the others, is it some kind of hydrogen fuel cell?
With No Strings Attached | Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA David Gordon)Much progress has been made on the fuel cell in recent months.
The Practical Values of Space Exploration | Committee on Science and Astronautics
British Dictionary definitions for fuel cell
a cell in which the energy produced by oxidation of a fuel is converted directly into electrical energy
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Scientific definitions for fuel cell
A device that produces electricity by combining a fuel, usually hydrogen, with oxygen. In this reaction, electrons are freed from the hydrogen in the fuel cell by a catalyst, and gain energy from the chemical reaction binding hydrogen and oxygen; this provides a source for electric current. The exhaust of hydrogen fuel cells consists simply of water. Fuel cells are currently used in spacecraft, and increasingly in ground transportation, with potential use everywhere electricity is required.
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Cultural definitions for fuel cell
An electrochemical device where a chemical reaction produces energy that is converted directly into electricity. Once used primarily in space travel, fuel cells are now being considered for use in cars. Unlike internal-combustion engines, fuel cells do not pollute the environment.
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