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Toshiba Claims World's Smallest.(direct methanol fuel cell)

Fuel Cell Technology News, July, 2004

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* and its parent Toshiba Corp. (2-4, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama 230, Japan; Tel: 81-3-3457-2096) announced the prototype of a highly compact direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that can be integrated into devices as small as digital audio players and wireless headsets for mobile phones.

At a compact 0.87 x 2.2 x 0.18 inches (22mm x 56mm x 4.5mm) with a maximum of 0.36 inches (9.1mm) for the fuel tank, the slim prototype DMFC offers a size advantage that will give greater design freedom for developers of handheld electronic devices. The latest prototype, with its total weight only 8.5 grams (g), is small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile phones, but still efficient enough to power an...

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