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Catalysts for fuel cell transportation and hydrogen related uses

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The global energy and transportation landscapes are changing rapidly, and that brings with it evolving opportunities and catalyst research needs for hydrogen and fuel cells.

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Fig. 1: System cost and catalyst loading.
Fig. 2: Illustrative H2@Scale energy system.

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This work was authored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, operated by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, for the US Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding was provided by the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The author thanks Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos and Simon Thompson, the US Department of Energy, for submission coordination and support, and Sara Havig and Fred Zietz, NREL, for editing and graphic design support. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the US Government. The US Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes.

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