fuel cell
nounDefinition of fuel cell
: a device that continuously changes the chemical energy of a fuel (such as hydrogen) and an oxidant directly into electrical energy
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Hunt said, adding that some of the hydrogen in an airship could be used to power an on-board fuel cell that would spin the craft's propellers. — NBC News, "Zeppelins stopped flying after the Hindenburg disaster. Now scientists want to bring them back.," 19 Aug. 2019 His work included designing jet engines and helping design the fuel cell used for the first manned mission to land on the moon. — courant.com, "Gustav Albert Swanson," 11 Aug. 2019 But instead of burning gasoline, the fuel cells use hydrogen gas and the oxygen from the air to make electricity and water. — Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News, "Nation’s first hydrogen fuel cell ferry to transport commuters across San Francisco Bay in early 2020," 12 June 2019 While breakthroughs in energy storage technologies like solid state batteries, graphene supercapacitors and hydrogen fuel cells occur regularly, these technologies have underlying complications that come with them. — Gene Berdichevsky For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "The electric car revolution will require us to build better batteries," 14 Aug. 2019 But now, a new design aims to rise above the others with its use of hydrogen fuel cells instead of batteries to power longer flights that can carry more weight. — Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, "Electric air taxis powered by hydrogen promise greater range for intercity commutes," 7 July 2019 Those other renewables could include geothermal systems, fuel cells and devices that harvest energy from ocean waves and tides. — Bloomberg News, The Mercury News, "Report: Half the world’s power will come from renewables by 2050," 18 June 2019 The city, which declined to comment on the lawsuit, disagrees with the company’s assertion that its fuel cells are inherently cleaner. — Thy Vo, The Mercury News, "Bloom Energy sues Santa Clara for undermining its technology," 13 June 2019 Automakers could get 1 percentage point of the increase by using advanced technology credits such as those for hydrogen fuel cell, plug-in gas-electric hybrids, and battery electric vehicles. — Tom Krisher, chicagotribune.com, "California signs mileage deal with Ford, BMW, Honda and VW, making end run around Trump’s emission freeze," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fuel cell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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