Longest nanowires ever may lead to better fuel cells

摘要

Researchers at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) have reported production of the platinum nanowires thousands of times longer than any previously made - an advance that they say could speed development of fuel cells. The research was detailed in a recent report in Nano Letters.rnAccording to James C. M. Li, professor of mechanical engineering, the platinum nanowires produced by him and graduate student Jiang-Ian Shui are roughly 10 nm in diameter and centimeters in length -rnlong enough to create the first self-supporting "web" of pure platinum that can serve as an electrode in a fuel cell.