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Put starch in your tank to power a hydrogen fuel cell

Dr. Atkins may have thought that carbs were bad for you, but Virginia Tech researchers think they could be good for your car. Y.H. Percival Zhang and his colleagues want to use sugary carbohydrates combined with water and a mixture of enzymes to produce hydrogen on the fly. The polysaccharides would be substances like starch or cellulose that would be blended with a combination of enzymes that wouldn't naturally be found together. The enzymes would feed off the starch to get energy to split the water and produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide. ... Read more →

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