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    Fuel cells have several advantages including high efficiency of over 80% when used for co-generation, reliable power quality over time, low noise and a more environmentally friendly profile with reduced emissions. However, fuel cells also have disadvantages such as high costs due to expensive catalyst materials like platinum, a lack of infrastructure to distribute hydrogen as a fuel, and many current fuel cell technologies still being in the prototype stage without validation.

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    Fuel cells have several advantages including high efficiency of over 80% when used for co-generation, reliable power quality over time, low noise and a more environmentally friendly profile with reduced emissions. However, fuel cells also have disadvantages such as high costs due to expensive catalyst materials like platinum, a lack of infrastructure to distribute hydrogen as a fuel, and many current fuel cell technologies still being in the prototype stage without validation.

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    3/3/23, 10:46 PM Benefits and Disadvantages | Fuel Cells - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Fuel Cells
    Lauren White and Anna Oleksiewicz

    Benefits and Disadvantages

    Advantages:
    More detailed information is available in the applications section, which offers information
    specific to each industry.

    High Efficiency- when utilizing co-generation, fuel cells can attain over 80% energy
    efficiency
    Good reliability- quality of power provided does not degrade over time.
    Noise- offers a much more silent and smooth alternative to conventional energy
    production.
    Environmentally beneficial- greatly reduces CO2 and harmful pollutant emissions.
    Size reduction- fuel cells are significantly lighter and more compact

    Disadvantages:

    Expensive to manufacture due the high cost of catalysts (platinum)


    Lack of infrastructure to support the distribution of hydrogen

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    3/3/23, 10:46 PM Benefits and Disadvantages | Fuel Cells - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    A lot of the currently available fuel cell technology is in the prototype stage and not yet
    validated.
    Hydrogen is expensive to produce and not widely available

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