US: Carbon nanotubes might replace platinum catalysts

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, according to scientists at Stanford University. Their findings are published in the 27 May online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Mark Shwartz Subscribe to Automotive World to continue … Continued

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• May 29, 2012