Mobile phone running on methanol

Toshiba, for example, conducting experiments in this area for quite some time and now has announced the development of fuel cell for mobile phones, thanks to which the dimensions of the thickness of the device is only 22 mm. An earlier version of the device (see photo) was almost 2 times thicker.

The fuel cell may be substituted for conventional Li-Ion batteries, if necessary (in the previous version of the apparatus was equipped with a removable fuel cell). The phone runs on methanol, 3,5 ml which is sufficient for the device within 320 hours of standby time. The company plans to increase the thickness of the mobile phone up to 20 mm or less.

Above the prototype Toshiba is working together with Japanese mobile operator KDDI, which said that it is not ready for sales of fuel cells, but soon the situation could change.


Source: CrunchGear