Plastic fuel cell breakthrough in Britain.(update)

A UNIVERSITY of Southampton-based company has a revealed a breakthrough in a polymer formulated for use in bipolar plates for fuel cells. Bat2 makes ElectroPhen, an electrically-conductive room temperature curing polymer and composites of the polymer with conductive fillers. A new curing agent used with the material has led to an increase in conductivity to nearly 500 Siemens per centimetre, more than double …