Freedom of movement: researchers track proton mobility to improve conductivity in new material / Libertà di movimento: i ricercatori monitorano la mobilità protonica per migliorare la conducibilità in nuovo materiale. Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Joseph Cotellessa Scanning electron microscope image of the seed inside a MOF crystal More efficient fuel cells for transportation could be developed thanks to efforts to investigate the movement of charge through a new type of material. Researchers at Manchester and Nottingham Universities have mapped the structure of the material, known as a metal-organic framework, or MOF, and how charge flows through it. The performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, used in transportation, depends on the efficiency of the electrolyte material at their centre, which controls the flow of charge between the positive and negative electrodes. So researchers are attempting to improve the effici
