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New fuel cell keeps going after the hydrogen runs out - Materials scientists at Harvard have demonstrated a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that converts hydrogen into electricity but can also store electrochemical energy like a battery. This fuel cell can continue to produce power for a short time after its fuel has run out. Reference: 'Energy Storage in Ultrathin Solid Oxide Fuel Cells', Nano Lett., Article ASAP DOI: (10.1021/nl301601y)

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