Robust Fuel Cells for Trucks: New Christian Doppler Laboratory Opens at Forschungszentrum Jülich

Jülich, 21 January 2015 – In the Christian Doppler laboratory at Forschungszentrum Jülich, scientists are working on new fuel cells for auxiliary power units on trucks. The laboratory, which officially opens today, is being funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy for a total period of up to seven years. The aim is to improve the lifetime of metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MSC-SOFC), a type of cell which functions without platinum. The cooperation partners are the TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) as well as the Austrian companies Plansee SE and AVL List GmbH. They also contribute to the funding of the laboratory, which has a total annual budget of approximately € 500,000.

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