Much Cheaper Fuel Cells On The Way With New Prototype (ABC Oz)

Friday, 1 August 2008 Anna Salleh
ABC

A much cheaper fuel cell could be on its way thanks a new cathode built by Australian researchers.

A team at the Australian Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science at Monash University in Melbourne report their findings in today's issue of the journal Science.
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The traditional fuel cell has a cathode which contains expensive platinum nanoparticles, says materials engineer Professor Maria Forsythe, who contributed to the development of the new cathode.

She says the amount of platinum required for a passenger car is worth around $3500 to $4000, and this makes up the major cost of a fuel cell.
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Forsyth and team developed a new cathode from a conducting polymer called poly(3,4-ethlenedioxythiphene) or PEDOT.
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more: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/08/01/2320386.htm

sic: -thiophene not -thiphene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly%283%2C4-ethylenedioxythiophene%29