<p>[University</a> of Alabama News Scientists Discover Recycling Method to Advance Fuel Cell Practicality, UA Researchers Co-Author Announcement in Science](<a href=“http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/03/scientists-discover-recycling-method-to-advance-fuel-cell-practicality-ua-researchers-co-author-announcement-in-science/]University”>http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/03/scientists-discover-recycling-method-to-advance-fuel-cell-practicality-ua-researchers-co-author-announcement-in-science/)</p>
<p>*TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The use of hydrogen as a practical, widespread alternative fuel to gasoline took another step today as researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and The University of Alabama announce a method for recycling a hydrogen fuel source.</p>
<p>The scientists demonstrate that a lightweight material, ammonia borane, can be a feasible material for storing hydrogen on vehicles, according to an article publishing in the March 18 issue of Science. In the upcoming article, researchers describe an efficient method of adding hydrogen back into the material once the alternative fuel is spent.</p>
<p>“This is a critical step if we want to use hydrogen as a fuel for the transportation industry,” said Dr. David Dixon, the Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at The University of Alabama and one of the article’s co-authors.</p>
<p>In this approach, ammonia borane in a fuel tank produces hydrogen which, when combined with oxygen in the vehicle’s fuel cell, releases energy. That energy is then converted to electricity that powers an electric motor. Water is the only emission.</p>
<p>After hydrogen is released from the ammonia borane, a residue, which the researchers refer to as “spent fuel,” remains. </p>
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<p>~snipped~</p>
<p>Awesome!</p>
<p>^^^^^^And the Tide just continues to roll, even on alternative fuel. ;)</p>