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Toshiba Unveils Handheld Unit.(Toshiba Corp.)(Brief Article)
Fuel Cell Technology News, November, 2003
Toshiba Corp. (2-4, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230, Japan; Tel: 81-3-3457-2096) unveiled a prototype handheld fuel cell unit that it expects to have on the market in 2005. Toshiba expects the product to be a stepping stone to the day when fuel cells can be directly integrated into portable electronics products.
The device mixes methanol in a 3% to 6 % concentration with air and water to produce power. The DMFC in the Toshiba prototype can produce one watt of power for around 20 hours with a 25 cubic centimeter cartridge of methanol.
The DMFC is intended as a charger for the batteries in portable devices such as cellular telephones and digital still cameras. Toshiba research has not progressed to the stage where the fuel cell is small enough...
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