Augie student works on hydrogen fuel cell project
Monday, November 21, 2005
"An Augustana College junior recently found himself in the midst of the nation's competitive mad dash to develop a hydrogen fuel cell that will efficiently and affordably power automobiles. Michael Amolins, a 2003 graduate of Sioux Falls Lincoln High School, spent his summer as a research student at Argonne National Labs near Chicago testing a variety of compounds in fuel-cell electrodes. Within 10 years, the nation wants to have affordable vehicles on the market that operate on hydrogen fuel cells, Amolins said. However, nothing has been found to be as effective in producing electrodes as solid platinum, which is costly. That's why Amolins and other top chemistry students were selected to spend 10 weeks at Argonne, a laboratory operated by the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy. There, they assisted scientists by running chemical reactions on carbon-based electrodes that can be produced at a much lower cost." Source: siouxcityjournal.com
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