Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

A fuel cell combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, heat, and water; thus they are often compared to batteries. However, one difference between the two is that the fuel cell will produce electricity as long as fuel (hydrogen) is supplied, never losing its charge. The polymer exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is one of the most promising fuel cell technologies. This type of fuel cell will probably end up powering cars, buses and maybe even your house. The PEMFC uses one of the simplest reactions of any fuel cell.

In the video shown, the PEM was shown and how it works. It said that it was only a small prototype so it can only power small materials as fans. However, with bigger and better PEMFC, it can power up cars and other electronic materials. I am amazed at what they did and said because frankly, I was unaware about this kind of technology. I did not know it was possible but after seeing the video, I was surprised to see that hydrogen and water could possibly power up an entire SUV. By doing this technology, it would definitely help up the pollution problem of the world, and especially here in the Philippines, where pollution is a big problem being faced by the public. With this, there won't be pollution problems as cars would not secrete harmful gasses anymore. It would also be more cost efficient because with the hydrogen fuel cell and especially the polymer exchange membrane fuel cell, it would only use hydrogen and water into turning it into electricity. These two components are very abundant in the surroundings and would not really cost anything at all while for gasoline it would be really expensive along with the rising prices of gas.

In the end, the fuel cell technology is one that I think would be really beneficial as it would be more efficient cost-wise and helpful to the environment.