methanol
May 6 2008, Jayaprashanth

Though fuel cells are touted to replace lithium ion batteries in most of our electronic gadgets, Sony is trying to take things further by mating a miniature fuel cell to a lithium ion battery. This hybrid battery technology will use methanol to produce...

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