Zhang Huamin, research fellow at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, said recently China has made many breakthroughs in recent years on the innovation of key fuel cell materials and technologies and has joined the rank of countries advanced in this respect.

According to Zhang, in future energy systems centered on hydrogen, fuel cells using hydrogen as fuel would no doubt be the key.

Zhang said the Chinese government places great importance on the research and development of fuel cells. In recent years China has developed 100-watt level to 30-kilowatt level hydrogen-oxygen fuel electrodes and fuel cell electric cars etc. Fuel cell technologies, particularly the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology, achieved fast progress, having developed PEMFC batteries of many specifications such as those of 60-kilowatt and 75 kilowatt.

China also developed fuel cell engines with a net output of 40 kilowatt for electric sedans and of 100 kilowatt for urban passenger cars, making China's fuel cell technology one of the most advanced in the world.

By People's Daily Online