200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalized energy systems'

Daily (2010-08-23) -- The era of personalized energy systems -- in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars -- took another step toward reality as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system. The advance could help free homes and businesses from dependence on the electric company and the corner gasoline station.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100823142931.htm