How to Use fuel cell in a Sentence

fuel cell

noun
  • Currently, the drone’s fuel cell is a fair-weather flier.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
  • More than 90% of that power came from the fuel cells, with the battery covering the rest.
    — Omar Kardoudi may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2026
  • The fuel cells do produce carbon dioxide emissions.
    — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • One lantern likely became caught in a tree, dropping its burning fuel cell and igniting the fire.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The development of platinum-free fuel cells could have a wide range of benefits.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Cosmos can also cruise the seas emissions-free, thanks to two 500 kW methanol fuel cells.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
  • So yeah, bigger bets on hydrogen fuel cells weren't on my 2026 bingo card.
    — New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2026
  • However, the new fuel cell overcomes this challenge with its lightweight design.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The hydrogen would be fed to power plants or fuel cells to produce electricity when the wind wasn’t blowing.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
  • This weight has so far limited the use of fuel cells in mobile applications like aviation.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Platinum catalysts represent about 45% of the total cost of a fuel cell stack.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This is likely to open up the use of fuel cells in transport and heavy industry, as well as in more clean energy systems, in the near future.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • It was designed with fuel cell tech like Toyota’s Mirai and tested in real farm tasks such as plowing.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • As countries look for options beyond fossil fuels, fuel cells become the obvious choice.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • The implications of this work extend beyond this specific fuel cell.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Since fuel cells produce only water as a byproduct and emit no carbon, hydrogen is touted as the clean fuel of the future.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • This benefit enhances the safety of the fuel cell by preventing dangerous leaks.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These systems include both SMRs and hydrogen fuel cells.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
  • This research is part of a larger effort to make fuel cells a more viable option for various applications.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Many of the advances in fuel cell technology trace back to work done to provide power for spacecraft and sources of oxygen for astronauts.
    — Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The technology for fuel cells is improving, but sourcing eco-friendly fuel has been a challenge.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, its performance exceeded key targets set for next-generation fuel cells.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Among these are fuel cells, water-splitting, and CO2 conversion.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The new, lighter fuel cell design could perform the same task at a weight of just 800 kg, which would drastically reduce the cost of a space launch.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What distinguishes the Bridgeport project is the use of fuel cells and the magnitude of the project, Guilmartin said.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The company’s solid oxide fuel cells are a mature technology that have been developed over two decades.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bloom Energy is a manufacturer of the fuel cells, which are used to power data centers.
    — Michelle Fox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The project envisages a hydrogen fuel cell to provide electricity, which, in turn, is used to drive electrical motors at the prop.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
  • An alternative option would be shorten races and keep the current fuel cell sizes in place or only use the higher fuel flow in qualifying.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • The credit has no annual or lifetime dollar limit except for credit limits for fuel cell property.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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