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Monday, January 10, 2011

Zurich professor develops organometallic fuel cell that generates electrical energy, fine chemicals without waste

Renewable Chemicals Digest
December 24, 2010

In Zurich, ETH Zurich Professor Hansjörg Grützmacher and his group have developed a novel organometallic fuel cell. In addition to generating electrical energy, it also produces fine chemicals from renewable raw materials – with no waste. Grützmacher is the first to state that this will not solve the worlds energy problems, but that its importance lies in the fact that fuel cell can produce fine chemicals.

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