Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares, Market Strategies, and Market Forecasts, 2009-2015

Table of Contents

 

Micro Fuel Cell Executive Summary   ES-1

Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces  ES-1

Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares  ES-3

Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts  ES-5

 

1. Micro Fuel Cell Market Description and

    Market Dynamics   1-1

1.1   Fuel Cell Description  1-1

1.1.1    Fuel Cell Efficiency  1-2

1.1.2    Fuel Cell Electrochemical Converter -- Clean Energy  1-4

1.1.3    DMFC Fuel Cells  1-4

1.1.4    Micro Fuel Cell Hours Of Operation And

Power Degradation  1-6

1.1.5    Cathode Catalysts  1-7

1.1.6    Micro Fuel Cell Description  1-8

1.2   United States Has Approved The Use Of Some Micro

 Fuel Cells In Airplanes  1-11

1.2.1    Market Opportunity for Micro Fuel Cell Products  1-13

1.3   Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets  1-15

1.3.1    Military As A Micro Fuel Cell Target Market 1-16

1.3.2    Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment 1-19

1.3.3    Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Market 1-21

1.3.4    Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable

Power Source  1-22

1.3.5    Micro Fuel Cell Laptop Computer Power Source  1-23

1.3.6    Mobile Life Fuel Cell Power 1-24

1.3.7    Persistent Computing Requires Extended Power 1-25

1.3.8    First Responders  1-26

1.3.9    Instant Recharge for Continuous Computing  1-26

1.3.10  RV Recreational Micro Fuel Cell Markets  1-27

1.4   Fuel Cell Fuel Distribution and Infrastructure  1-28

1.5   Approvals From The United Nations And

Related Regulatory Organizations  1-28

1.5.1    Fuel Cells Compared to Rechargeable Batteries  1-30

 

2. Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares and Market Forecasts   1

2.1   Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces  2-1

2.1.1    Driving Forces of Micro Fuel Cell Products  2-5

2.2   Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares  2-9

2.2.1    Toshiba Direct Methanol Micro Fuel Cell 2-13

2.2.2    Toshiba Standards Leader 2-15

2.2.3    Toshiba Fuel Cell Reference Model 2-15

2.2.4    Mechanical Technology Inc (MTI) 2-16

MTI Fourth Quarter And Year End Results  2-16

2.2.5    Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets  2-17

2.2.6    PolyFuel DMFC Membrane  2-19

2.2.7    PolyFuel Engineered Membranes  2-19

2.2.8    Poly Fuel Prototype Notebook

Computer Fuel Cell Power Supply  2-21

2.2.9    Medis  2-22

2.2.10  Medis Targets End Users  2-22

2.2.11  Medis 24/7 Power Pack  2-23

2.3   Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts  2-24

2.3.1    Hybrid Technologies  2-31

2.3.2    Sample Quotes on Market Size: 2-32

2.4   Mobile Handset Subscribers  2-33

2.4.1    Enterprise Wireless Handset Markets  2-35

2.5   Micro Fuel Cell Prices  2-36

2.5.1    Smart Fuel Cell EFOY   2-37

2.5.2    Fuel Cell Cartridges Approved For Commercial Aircraft 2-37

2.5.3    Fuel Cell Technology Decreases The Weight Soldiers Carry  2-38

2.6   Regional Energy Demand  2-38

2.6.1    United Kingdom Leader in Carbon Offset Initiatives  2-39

2.6.2    Germany  2-40

2.6.3    Japan  2-41

2.6.4    Military Uses Of Micro Fuel Cells  2-41

 

 

 

3. Micro Fuel Cell Product Description   3-1

3.1   Micro Fuel Cells Power Digital Devices  3-1

3.2   Toshiba  3-2

3.2.1    Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players  3-4

3.2.2    Toshiba Micro Fuel Cell 3-5

3.2.3    Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell 3-6

3.2.4    Toshiba Methanol Concentration  3-7

3.3   Samsung  3-7

3.4   Poly Fuel 3-11

3.4.1    PolyFuel Cartridges Approved For Commercial

Aircraft By Regulatory Agencies  3-12

3.4.2    PolyFuel Functional Prototype Of A

Notebook PC Fuel Cell Power Supply  3-12

3.4.3    PolyFuel Engineered Polymer Nano Fuel Cell Architectures  3-13

3.5   Smart Fuel Cell 3-14

3.5.1    Smart Fuel Cell Products and Markets  3-18

3.5.2    Smart Fuel Cell Remote Traffic Systems  3-19

3.5.3    Smart Fuel Cell Projects  3-21

3.5.4    Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges  3-22

3.6   UltraCell C XX25  3-23

3.6.1    UltraCell's XX25 Communication  3-25

3.6.2    UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater 3-26

3.6.3    UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater 3-30

3.6.4    UltraCell Light-Weight And Portable

Power Sources For Military  3-30

3.6.5    UltraCell U.S. Military Validation: 3-31

3.6.6    UltraCell Altitude Test 3-31

3.6.7    UltraCell Foreign Military Programs: 3-32

3.6.8    UltraCell Partnership With Tatung System Technologies  3-32

3.6.9    UltraCell is partnered with ABSL   3-32

3.6.10  UltraCell is partnered with TSTI  3-32

3.6.11  UltraCell Products  3-33

3.6.12  UltraCell XX25 MiTAC, General Dynamics and

Panasonic Homeland Security  3-35

3.7   Manhattan Scientifics Micro Fuel Cell 3-38

3.7.1    Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™    3-42

3.8   Medis Technologies  3-44

3.8.1    More Energy Subsidiary Of Medis Technologies  3-45

3.8.2    Medis Technologies Department of Defense in Wearable Power 3-45

3.8.3    Medis Fuel Cell Provides 20 Watt Hours Of Total Energy  3-46

3.8.4    Medis Portable Fuel Cell Market 3-46

3.8.5    Medis 24/7 Power Pack  3-47

3.8.6    Medis / General Dynamics C4 Systems Promote

24/7 Power Pack For Military Use  3-48

3.8.7    Medis / General Dynamics Competitive Advantages  3-49

3.8.8    Medis Target End Users  3-51

3.8.9    Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits  3-54

3.9   Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) 3-56

3.9.1    MTI Micro Fuel Cell Life Test 3-56

3.9.2    MTI Micro / Neosolar Co-Develop Mobion®

Digital Devices For Consumers  3-58

3.9.3    MTI Micro Cord-Free Rechargeable Power Pack  3-61

3.9.4    MTI Micro Mobion® Chip  3-61

3.9.5    MTI Mobion® Advantage  3-65

3.9.6    MTI Pocket Fuel Cells  3-67

3.10     Tekion  3-69

3.10.1  Tekion Power Source  3-70

3.10.2  Tekion Fuel Cell On A Chip  3-73

3.10.3  Tekion Formira  3-75

3.10.4  Tekion / BASF Formic Acid  3-76

3.11     NEC Fuel-Cell Handsets  3-77

3.11.1  NEC   3-80

3.11.2  NEC Fuel Cell Carbon Nanotubes Toshiba /

CRDC Compact Fuel Cell For Notebook PCs  3-81

3.12     Sony Hybrid Fuel Cell System   3-81

3.13     Angstrom Power  3-84

3.13.1  Angstrom Micro Hydrogen™ Systems for Portable Power 3-88

3.13.2  Micro Hydrogen™ for Device Integration  3-89

3.13.3  Angstrom Power Better Than Batteries™ Performance  3-90

3.13.4  Angstrom Benefits Of Micro Hydrogen™ Systems  3-92

3.13.5  Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products  3-93

3.14     Neah Power Systems  3-96

3.14.1  Neah Power Systems Military  3-97

3.14.2  Neah Power Systems Mobile Life  3-97

3.14.3  Neah Power Systems First Responders  3-98

3.14.4  Neah Power Systems Logistics  3-100

3.14.5  Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture  3-101

3.14.6  Neah Power Systems Water Vapor Captured In Cartridge  3-102

3.14.7  Neah Power Military Positioning  3-106

3.15     BIC   3-113

3.16     Masterflex  3-113

3.17     Microcell Corporation  3-115

3.17.1  Microcell Products  3-118

3.18  3-118

3.19     Casio Laptop Fuel Cell 3-119

3.20     Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Fuel Cell Systems  3-119

3.20.1  Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Direct Methanol Fuel Cells  3-123

3.20.2  Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Applications  3-124

3.20.3  Smart Fuel Cell (SFC) Electric Device Power 3-124

3.20.4  SFC DMFC   3-125

 

 

4. Micro Fuel Cell Technology   4-1

4.1   Significant Progress In Development of Compact

Micro Fuel Cell 4-1

4.2   Medis Micro Fuel Cell Underwriters’

Laboratories (UL) listing  4-2

4.3   Comparison of PEM Based Silicon Bed DMFC   4-3

4.4   Nanowire Battery Can Hold 10 Times The

Charge Of Existing Lithium-Ion Battery  4-7

4.4.1    Silicon In A Battery Swells As It Absorbs Lithium Atoms  4-8

4.4.2    Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture  4-9

4.4.3    Neah Water Vapor Captured in Cartridge  4-11

4.4.4    Neah Silicon Pragmatic and Scalable  4-11

4.5   PEM Fuel Cells  4-11

4.6   Solvay  4-13

4.7   SGL Technologies  4-13

4.7.1    Sigracet® Fuel Cell Components  4-14

4.8   PolyFuel Engineered Membranes For Fuel Cells  4-16

4.8.1    Fluorocarbon Membranes Based Upon

The Teflon® Polymer 4-22

4.8.2    Polyfuel Hydrogen Membrane  4-23

4.9   Fuel Cell Electrochemical Reaction  4-24

4.10     Organizations With Fuel Cell Information  4-26

4.10.1  SFC Energetic Revolution powered by Smart Fuel Cell 4-27

4.11     Clean And Silent Micro Fuel Cell Power

Generation By Methanol 4-30

4.12     Storing Hydrogen  4-30

4.12.1  Sodium Borohydride Storing of Hydrogen  4-30

4.12.2  Borohydride Hydrogen Generation  4-31

4.12.3  International Electrotechnical Commission Forms

Working Group  4-31

4.13     PolymerElectrolyte Membrane  4-32

4.14     Sodium Borohydride Chemical Power  4-33

4.15     Bacterial Enzymes Replacement For The

Platinum Catalysts  4-34

4.16     Portable Applications  4-35

4.16.1  Fuel Cell Power Packs  4-35

4.16.2  PolyFuel Honeycomb Membrane  4-36

4.16.3  Portable Electronic Fuel Cell Devices  4-36

4.16.4  Marketing Limitation Of Hydrogen Gas Or

Methanol Powered Fuel Cells  4-37

4.16.5  Hitachi Compact DMFC   4-38

4.16.6  NEC Compact DMFC   4-38

4.16.7  Toshiba’s DMFC   4-39

4.16.8  Toshiba Fuel Cell 4-39

 

 

 

5. Micro Fuel Cell Company Profiles   5-1

5.1 Altair Nanomaterials  5-1

5.1.1    Altair Nanotechnologies Partners  5-1

5.1.2    Altair Nanotechnology Power and Energy Systems  5-5

5.1.3    Altair Nanotechnology Performance Materials Division  5-6

5.1.4    Altair Nanotechnology Life Sciences  5-6

5.1.5    Altair Nanotechnology Net Losses In Each Fiscal Year 5-8

5.1.6    AlSher Titania Joint Venture With Sherwin-Williams  5-9

5.1.7    Altair Nanotechnology BAE Systems  5-10

5.1.8    Altair Nanotechnologies Faster Recharging And Discharging  5-12

5.1.9    Altair Nanotechnologies Longer Battery Life  5-12

5.1.10  Altairnano  5-13

5.2 Angstrom Power  5-14

5.2.1    Angstrom Power Micro Fuel Cell Technology  5-14

5.3 Asahi Glass  5-15

5.3.1    Asahi Glass Financials  5-16

5.3.2    Asahi Glass Business Strategy  5-17

5.3.3    Asahi Glass Owners  5-18

5.4 Ballard  5-20

5.4.1    Ballard Fuel Cell Features & Benefits  5-20

5.4.2    Ballard Fuel Cell Japanese Residential

Cogeneration Program   5-21

5.4.3    Ballard Product :  Mark1030™    5-22

5.4.4    Ballard Improved Reliability  5-25

5.4.5    Ballard Bus Fuel Cell 5-26

5.4.6    Ballard Power Systems' Second Quarter 2008 Revenue  5-27

5.5 BASF   5-27

5.5.1    BASF / E-TEK   5-28

5.5.2 BASF ETEK LT Series 12D MEA for

Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. 5-33

5.6 Ceramic Fuel Cells  5-37

5.6.1    Ceramic Fuel Cells Volume Order

Secured With Partner Nuon  5-38

5.6.2    Ceramic Fuel Cells Customers and Products  5-40

5.6.3    Ceramic Fuel Cells Regional Presence  5-41

5.7   Fuel Cell Components & Integrators  5-47

5.8   Gore  5-47

5.9   GrafTech International 5-48

5.10     Heliocentris Fuel Cells AG   5-50

5.11 Horizon  5-51

5.11.1  Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Pte Ltd  5-52

5.11.2  Horizon Fuel Cell Bicycles  5-54

5.11.3  Horizon Fuel Cell Integrated To An Electric Bicycle  5-55

5.11.4  Horizon Light Duty Automotive  5-56

5.11.5  Horizon Supplying Multi-kW Fuel Cells  5-57

5.12     ICM Plastics  5-57

5.13 JMC / Tekion  5-60

5.13.1  Tekion Formira Hybrid Configuration  5-61

5.14     Johnson Matthey  5-62

5.15 Manhattan Scientifics  5-65

5.15.1  Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell 5-66

5.16     Masterflex AG   5-66

5.17 Medis Technologies  5-72

5.17.1  Medis Technologies Revenue  5-72

5.17.2  Medis Technologies Strategic Partners  5-73

5.17.3  Medis Technologies / Cell Kinetics  5-74

5.17.4  Medis / Founder Technology Group  5-74

5.17.5  Medis / Aspect and Tenzor MA   5-75

5.17.6  Medis / Israel Aerospace Industries  5-75

5.17.7  Medis Strategy  5-76

5.17.8  Medis General Dynamics C4 Systems  5-76

5.17.9  Medis Platform Technology Broadens Its Possibilities  5-80

5.18 Microcell 5-80

5.19 Millennium Cell Liquidation Plan  5-83

5.19.1  Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies and Millennium Cell 5-84

5.19.2  Millennium Cell HydroPak™ Positioned

As An Emergency Power Product 5-85

5.20 Mechanical Technology Incorporated (MTI) 5-86

5.20.1  MTI MicroFuel Cells  5-87

5.20.2  MTI Fourth Quarter And Year End Results  5-88

5.20.3  MTI Micro Commercialization In 2009 –

Projected Design Freeze In December 2008  5-89

5.20.4  Mechanical Technology Incorporated

Fourth Quarter Revenues  5-91

5.21 Neah  5-92

5.22 PolyFuel 5-93

5.22.1  PolyFuel Engineered Membranes  5-96

5.22.2 PolyFuel Engineered Membranes  5-98

5.22.3  PolyFuel Business, Products and Markets  5-98

5.22.4  PolyFuel Ultra-Thin 20-Micron Version Of Its

DMFC Membrane  5-99

5.22.5  PolyFuel Agreement With Johnson Matthey

Fuel Cells Limited, 5-100

5.22.2 PolyFuel Comprehensive Loss  5-101

5.22.7  PolyFuel Cash Used in Operations  5-103

5.22.8  PolyFuel Concentrates Resources On Reference

System Design Program   5-106

5.23     Sanyo / Hoku Scientific  5-107

5.23.1  Hoku Scientific Customers  5-108

5.23.2  Suntech Purchases Shares of Hoku Scientific  5-109

5.23.3  Hoku Fuel Cells  5-110

5.24 SGL Technologies  5-110

5.24.1  SGL Technologies Financials  5-110

5.25 Smart Fuel Cells (SFC) 5-111

5.25.1  Smart Fuel Cells Automotive  5-111

5.25.2  Smart Fuel Cells Stationary  5-112

5.25.3  Smart Fuel Cells Positioning  5-114

5.25.4  SFC Sells 10,000th EFOY Fuel Cell 5-114

5.25.5  SFC EFOY Service Station In France. 5-115

5.25.6  SFC Financials  5-116

5.25.7  SFC Smart Fuel Cell Market and Technology

Leader in Mobile Fuel Cells  5-117

5.25.8  SFC Fuel Cells In Use All Over The World  5-118

5.25.9  Electric Automotive Vehicle Smart Fuel

Cell Battery Charger 5-119

5.26 Solvay  5-121

5.26.2 Solvay Financials  5-122

5.27 Tatung System Technologies  5-123

5.28 Toshiba  5-124

5.28.1  Toshiba America (TAI) 5-124

5.28.2 Toshiba Financials  5-125

5.28.3  Toshiba Mid Term Business Plan  5-134

5.28.2 Toshiba Financials  5-134

5.28.5  Toshiba Business Strategy  5-136

5.28.6  Toshiba Nuclear Energy Business  5-137

5.28.7 Toshiba Investors  5-137

5.28.8 Toshiba Partners  5-138

5.29 UltraCell 5-139

5.29.1  BASF Venture Capital / UltraCell 5-139

5.29.2  UltraCell Advanced Reformed

Methanol Micro Fuel Cell 5-141

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

 

Table ES-1  ES-2

Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces 

Figure ES-2  ES-4

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,

First Three Quarters 2008 

Figure ES-3  ES-6

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,

2009-2015 

 

Table 1-1  1-3

Fuel Cell Efficiency 

Figure 1-2  1-5

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Table 1-3  1-8

Portable Power Market Strategy 

Table 1-4  1-12

Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits 

Table 1-4 (Continued) 1-13

Micro Fuel Cell Product Benefits 

Table 1-5  1-15

Military Micro Fuel Cell Target Markets 

Table 1-6  1-17

Micro Fuel Cells Military Positioning 

Table 1-7  1-19

Micro Fuel Cell Portable Medical Equipment

Demand Parameters 

Table 1-8  1-21

Micro Fuel Cell Consumer Electronics Portable

Power Source Target Market

 

 

Table 2-1  2-2

Micro Fuel Cell Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-2  2-4

Micro Fuel Cell Advantages 

Table 2-3  2-6

Market Aspects For Micro Fuel Cells 

Table 2-4  2-7

Micro Fuel Cell Technology Issues 

Table 2-5  2-8

Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues 

Table 2-5 (Continued) 2-9

Micro Fuel Cell Market Issues 

Figure 2-6  2-10

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,

First Three Quarters 2008 

Table 2-7  2-11

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares,

First Three Quarters 2008 

Table 2-8  2-14

Toshiba Handheld Fuel-Cell Technology Specifications 

Figure 2-9  2-20

PolyFuel Competitive Positioning 

Figure 2-10  2-25

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Market Forecasts, Dollars,

2009-2015 

Figure 2-11  2-26

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Device

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-12  2-27

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Devices

Market Forecasts, Units,

2009-2015 

Figure 2-13  2-28

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2009-2015 

Figure 2-14  2-29

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge

Market Forecasts, Units, 2009-2015 

Table 2-15  2-30

Worldwide Micro Fuel Cell Cartridge

Market Forecasts, Units and Dollars, 2009-2015 

Table 2-16  2-34

Factors Driving Mobile Handsets To Require

Increasing Amounts Of Power Consumption 

 

 

Figure 3-1  3-3

Toshiba Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology 

Figure 3-2  3-4

Toshiba DMFC-Powered Audio Players 

Figure 3-3  3-8

Samsung Hydrogen Gas Block Diagram  

Figure 3-4  3-9

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Patent From Samsung 

Figure 3-5  3-10

Samsung Multi Layered Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Table 3-6  3-15

Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Ratings 

Table 3-7  3-16

Smart EFOY Fuel Cell Features 

Figure 3-8  3-17

Technical Data Of Smart Fuel Cell EFOY  

Figure 3-9  3-22

Smart Fuel Cell EFOY Cartridges 

Figure 3-10  3-25

UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater 

Table 3-11  3-26

UltraCell's XX25 communication functions 

Figure 3-12  3-27

UltraCell System Integrated With A Multi-Unit

Battery Charger (MUC)

Figure 3-13  3-28

UltraCell Multi-Unit Battery Charger System Runtime 

Table 3-14  3-29

Collaboration Off Grid Power Solution 

Table 3-15  3-30

UltraCell XX25™ Fuel Cell Powering A Field Repeater 

Figure 3-16  3-33

MicroCell Sand Test

Figure 3-17  3-34

UltraCell Military Applications 

Table 3-18  3-36

UltraCell XX25 Applications 

Figure 3-19  3-37

UltraCEll Mobile Portable Fuel Cell

Table 3-20  3-39

Manhattan Scientifics Metallicum NanoTitanium  

Figure 3-21  3-41

Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell

Table 3-22  3-43

Manhattan Scientifics MicroFuel Cell™ Advantages Of Technology 

Table 3-23  3-48

Medis / General Dynamics Power Pack For Military Use 

Table 3-24  3-49

Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages 

Table 3-24  (Continued) 3-50

Medis Micro Fuel Cell Competitive Advantages 

Table 3-25  3-53

Medis 24/7 Power Pack Device Charging 

Table 3-26  3-55

Medis 24-7 Power Pack Benefits 

Table 3-27  3-58

MTI Micro Mobion® Portable Power Applications 

Table 3-28  3-59

MTI Micro External Mobion® Power Sources 

Figure 3-29  3-60

NeoSolar Seoul, Korea  --  Dr. James Y. Yu Holding

A Mobion® Chip And A Wibrain Ultra Mobile PC  

Figure 3-30  3-63

MTI Micro's Mobion® Chips 

Table 3-31  3-64

MTI Micro Performance 

Table 3-32  3-65

MTI Mobion® Advantages 

Figure 3-33  3-68

CEO of MTI Micro Fuel Cell Technology 

Table 3-34  3-70

Tekion Technology Competitive Advantage 

Table 3-35  3-71

Tekion Technology Positioning 

Figure 3-36  3-74

Tekion Fuel Cell

Figure 3-37  3-75

Tekion Power And Energy Characteristics Of

Formira™ Fuel Versus Methanol

Figure 3-38  3-78

NEC Micro Fuel Cell

Figure 3-39  3-79

NEC Fuel-Cells Flask Phone 

Figure 3-40  3-80

NEC Fuel Cells and Catalysts 

Figure 3-41  3-83

Sony Micro Fuel Cell System  

Figure 3-42  3-85

Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems 

Table 3-43  3-86

Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features 

Table 3-43  (Continued) 3-87

Angstrom Thin Film Fuel Cell Features 

Table 3-44  3-89

Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Lights 

Table 3-45  3-91

Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives 

Table 3-45 (Continued) 3-92

Selected Angstrom Micro Fuel Cell Initiatives 

Table 3-46  3-93

Angstrom Micro Hydrogen Products 

Figure 3-47  3-95

Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems Components 

Table 3-48  3-96

Angstrom's Micro Hydrogen™ Systems Components 

Figure 3-49  3-97

Neah Power Systems Military Packs 

Figure 3-50  3-98

Neah Power Systems Mobile PC Uses 

Figure 3-51  3-99

Neah Power Systems First Responder Uses 

Figure 3-52  3-100

Neah Power Systems Logistics Uses 

Figure 3-53  3-101

Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture 

Figure 3-54  3-103

Neah Power Systems Comparative Size Silicon vs. Polymer 

Figure 3-55  3-104

Neah Power Systems Honeycomb and Catalyst

Figure 3-56  3-105

Neah Power Fuel Cell Prototype Components 

Figure 3-57  3-106

Neah Power Military Fuel Cells 

Figure 3-58  3-108

Neah Power Systems 

Figure 3-59  3-110

Neah Power Systems Basic Chemical Flows in

Silicon Based Porous Electrode 

Figure 3-60  3-111

Neah Power Systems Manufacturing Infrastructure 

Figure 3-61  3-112

Neah Power Systems Power Density 

Table 3-62  3-114

Masterflex Development Focus 

Table 3-63  3-115

Masterflex Development Positioning 

Figure 3-64  3-122

Smart Fuel Cell

 

 

 

Figure 4-1  4-3

Comparison of PEM Based Silicon Bed DMFC  

Figure 4-2  4-5

Neah Military Fuel Cell Reduces Weight

Figure 4-3  4-6

Neah Fuel and Electrolyte 

Figure 4-4  4-7

Nanowire Battery Images 

Figure 4-5  4-10

Neah Solution Silicon-Based Architecture 

Figure 4-6  4-12

UltraCell PEM Fuel Cell Functioning 

Figure 4-7  4-14

Sigracet® Fuel Cell Components 

Figure 4-8  4-17

PolyFuel System Technology Peak Power Density 

Table 4-9  4-18

Catalyst Layer, Membrane, and MEA Suppliers 

Figure 4-10  4-19

PolyFuel System Architecture 

Figure 4-11  4-20

PolyFuel System Development

Table 4-12  4-21

Major Developers of Micro Fuel Cells 

Table 4-13  4-22

Micro Fuel Cell Key Portable Units 

Figure 4-14  4-24

Key Auto Fuel Cell Engine Requirements Map Directly

To The Membrane 

Table 4-15  4-27

Organizations with Fuel Cell Information 

Table 4-16  4-29

SFC Fuel Cell Advantages 

 

Figure 5-1  5-11

Altair Nanotechnologies Specific Energy and Specific Power 

Table 5-2  5-23

Ballard Product Data Residential Cogeneration

Fuel Cell Power Module Description 

Table 5-2  (Continued) 5-24

Ballard Product Data Residential Cogeneration

Fuel Cell Power Module Description 

Figure 5-3  5-32

BASF Typical Performance of Hydrogen Air Single Cell Test

Figure 5-4  5-35

BASF ETEK Typical Performance of

Methanol Air Single Cell Test

Table 5-5  5-53

Horizon Strategic Positioning 

Table 5-6  5-56

Horizon Fuel Cell Integrated Commercial Applications 

Figure 5-7  5-63

Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells 

Figure 5-8  5-64

Johnson Matthey Photon Exchange Membrane 

Figure 5-9  5-68

Masterflex AG Hydrogen Based 50-Watt Fuel Cell

Figure 5-10  5-69

Masterflex AG Hydrogen Fuel Cell Core Business 2008 

Table 5-11  5-71

Masterflex Focus 

Figure 5-12  5-93

Neah Roadmap 

Table 5-13  5-94

PolyFuel Collaboration Progress 

Table 5-14  5-95

PolyFuel Portable Progress 

Figure 5-15  5-96

PolyFuel Competitive Positioning 

Table 5-16  5-104

PolyFuel Progress Toward Commercialization

Of Portable Fuel Cells 

Table 5-16  (Continued) 5-105

PolyFuel Progress Toward Commercialization

Of Portable Fuel Cells 

Figure 5-17  5-119

Smart Fuel Cell Automotive Battery Charger 

Table 5-18  5-141

BASF Future Business Growth Clusters