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IMAGE: Ultra-High Proton Conduction via Extended Hydrogen-Bonding Network in Polyoxometalate-based Framework Functionalized with Lanthanide Ion view more
Credit: Sayaka Uchida, The University of Tokyo
Protons are the next big thing when it comes to fuel cell technology. The subatomic exchange produces power on a scale that challenges contemporary solid-state fuel cell technology, used to help power space shuttles. To realize the proton-based technology sooner, an international team of researchers have developed a hybrid material that effectively transports protons at high temperatures and humidity two major challenges in past attempts.
The results were published on April 19 in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, a journal of the American Chemical Society.
New Hybrid Material may Soon Lead to Advanced Fuel Cell Technology
Written by AZoMApr 21 2021
When it comes to fuel cell technology, protons are considered the next big thing. The subatomic exchange generates significant power that challenges modern solid-state fuel cell technology that is currently used to fuel space shuttles.
Ultra-high proton conduction via extended hydrogen-bonding network in polyoxometalate-based framework functionalized with lanthanide ion. Image Credit: Hiroshima University.
To expedite the development of the proton-based technology, an international research team has created a new hybrid material that successfully delivers protons at high humidity and temperatures two crucial challenges faced in previous attempts.
FEATURE: New mite species named twitter discovered via tweet in Japan
A team of Japanese and Austrian researchers has named a new mite species twitter after its discovery through photos posted on the social media platform by an amateur photographer visiting a fishing spot near Tokyo.
The new species formally called Ameronothrus twitter was recognized after Satoshi Shimano, a professor who specializes in the study of mites at Japan s Hosei University, came across the tweeted photos by chance and then contacted the poster to find out where they were taken.
Compiled photo shows a wharf at a fishing port in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture (A), a colony of Ameronothrus twitter mites (B), and an original photo of the mites shared on Twitter by Takamasa Nemoto (C). (Photo courtesy of Satoshi Shimano and Takamasa Nemoto)(Kyodo)
Abstract
The authors regret the omission of a funding acknowledgement in the original article. The updated acknowledgements are given below. This work is supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (Grant no. DP200102269). Dr Dan Yuan acknowledges the support of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship, JSPS Core-to-Core Program, White Rock Foundation. In addition, the authors would like to clarify the affiliation list of the published article to correctly show where the work was conducted. Dr Dan Yuan began the work whilst at the University of Wollongong and continued the work at the University of Tokyo. The updated affiliations here reflect this. The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.