Korean experts have developed a new fuel cell allowing laptops to remain up and running for a month without external power source. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced it developed a 1,200-watt-hour fuel cell for notebook computers in collaboration with Samsung SDI and the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and installed it in its Sense Q35 model. Assuming a laptop runs for eight hours a day five days a week, the fuel cell can operate it for a month.
Fuel cells use state-of-the-art energy-generating technology that sparks a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen won through the electrolyzation of water to produce electricity. Samsung Electronics also developed a small fuel cell that enhances the portability of laptops. The cell can operate a laptop for 15 hours with around 100 cc of fuel, less than the size of a paper cup. Kim Heon-soo, Vice President of Samsung’s Computer Division said the development has advanced the time to commercialize fuel cells for a notebooks by a year, adding the firm will spearhead efforts to introduce fuel cells into the market by the end of next year, when all safety standards are established.
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