Panasonic notebook fuel cell debut working hours 20 hours

Days ago, Las Vegas in the United States at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Panasonic Corp of Japan's Matsushita Battery Industrial Company demonstrated its notebook computer for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC).

Matsushita Battery Industrial Company Chief Engineer Tommy Ichinose said Panasonic Corp now launched this one can enhance the display capabilities of a direct methanol fuel cell is successfully developed, researchers spent five years. As a result of the use of special processing technology, a standard battery can support a laptop to work for up to 20 hours.

Ichinose also said that although the direct methanol fuel cell Panasonic Corp has many advantages, but to truly achieve the commercial promotion, also need to address several obstacles. One of the biggest obstacles facing the first is "take vehicles prohibited methanol", which means using methanol as the main raw materials of the direct methanol fuel cell products will be banned from business people to carry, is expected to wait until 2007, this problem is expected to be solved. The second is the cost of direct methanol fuel cell, due to several key components of a direct methanol fuel cell using expensive materials, including platinum materials, at present, any battery companies wishing to methanol fuel cell commercialization, the need to pay attention as the development of a notebook the force required for computer.

Many electronics company present the successful development of a direct methanol fuel cell ", but almost all faces two big problems and regulations and to carry cost conflict. Previously, as a leading Japanese electronics companies like Toshiba and NEC have announced that they will be in 2004 before the direct methanol fuel cell "of the business, but as of now, in the notebook battery market, can not find the real, direct methanol fuel cell commercialization promotion.