The energy source that powered the Space Shuttle, Apollo and Gemini spacecraft might one day operate your portable phone, your car and your neighborhood s electric power plant. The Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies will take a multidisciplinary approach to fuel cell and battery-related research, said center director Dr. David Parekh. At Georgia Tech, we have a broad range of expertise in this field. Groundbreaking research in these areas will move the world toward more sustainable energy sources. Additionally, recent research at Georgia Tech on fuel cells and related Student researcher Jessica Johnson in Dr. Jack Winnick s lab in the School of Chemical Engineering examines a fuel cell, which is an electrochemical device that operates much like a battery.
Fuel cells are a clean, environmentally friendly, versatile, reliable and efficient power source.
A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that operates much like a battery. It combines hydrogen fuel with oxygen to produce electricity and heat, releasing water as a byproduct. Fuel cells are a clean, environmentally friendly, versatile, reliable and efficient power source. Batteries, of course, are familiar to most of us, as are their advantages as compact, portable and self-contained power sources. But this recognized technology also can benefit from research advancements in rapid charging, measuring the charge a battery contains at any given time, and development of new types, sizes and configurations of batteries to run cars and other devices.