On October 7, Samsung officials announced that their new fuel cell has achieved a power capacity of approximately 200 watt-hours per liter, significantly outperforming competitors’ products. This fuel cell is constructed using a specialized methanol fuel block with a volume of about 200 cm3. Currently, this fuel cell can power a laptop continuously for around 15 hours.
Samsung’s fuel cell for laptops demonstrates considerable advantages over similar products from Toshiba and NEC, which can only provide power capacities ranging from 100 to 130 watt-hours per liter of fuel. Samsung plans to commercialize this fuel cell around early 2007.
Yoon Seok-Yeol, an expert at Samsung’s SDI research center, stated that the new technology generates hydrogen from specialized methanol, providing a maximum energy output of 50 Watts and an average energy output of about 20 Watts.
The dimensions of Samsung’s fuel cell are: 23 cm in length, 8.2 cm in width, 5.3 cm in thickness, and it weighs under 1 kg. It is slimmer and sturdier compared to competing products. Samsung has mobilized 40 research specialists with a budget of 10 million USD to successfully carry out this project.
HOÀNG HẢI (According to EE Times)
