Nissan develops fuel cell stack with double potential density at 35% cost reduction


Nissan has developed a new fuel cell stack with double the potential density of the previous generation stack. The new Nissan fuel cell stack plus achieves a 35% cost reduction mainly due to half the use of platinum, a key material used in the production of fuel cell stacks. Compared to the previous generation, the new generation stack’s ability output is increased 1.4

times from 90kW to 130kW, which can potential larger vehicles. Stack size is reduced by 75% to 68L from 90L, which allows for improved packaging flexibility. experiment fleets incorporating the improved fuel cell stacks will be operational by the end of that year.

The next generation fuel cell stack is amongst a range of eco-friendly technologies being pursued by Nissan under its […]

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