Friday, June 26th, 2009

Hydrogen Storage in Chicken Feathers?

Researchers say they've come up with a new material for storing hydrogen fuel -- carbonized chicken feathers. Speaking this week at at the 13th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in College Park, MD, researchers said that carbonized chicken feathers could absorb as much or perhaps more hydrogen than other materials for hydrogen storage, including carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides, at a much lower cost. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the project about the work, and whether it might make hydrogen fuel cell cars more practical.

Guests

Richard P. Wool
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Center for Composite Materials
University of Delaware
Newark, DE

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Segment produced by:Flora Lichtman

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