University of Southern California Fri. Feb. 10, 2012 

Welcome

Introduction

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Research at the Institute

Faculty and Staff

Resources

News

USC Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Cells (August 2011)
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A team of USC scientists has developed a robust, efficient method of using hydrogen as a fuel source. Hydrogen makes a great fuel because it can be converted easily to electricity in a fuel cell and because it is carbon free. The downside of hydrogen is that, because it is a gas, it can only be stored in high pressure or cryogenic tanks. In a vehicle with a tank full of hydrogen, “if you got into a wreck, you’d have a problem,” said Travis Williams, assistant professor of chemistry at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
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Breakthrough Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Technology Portfolio Licensed from USC/Caltech by SFC Energy, Inc.
The University of Southern California, the California Institute of Technology, and SFC Energy, Inc. today announced the execution of a license to an extensive portfolio of U.S. patents for direct methanol fuel cell technology (DMFC). The nonexclusive license to the universities’ patents will facilitate SFC Energy, Inc.’s expansion of its methanol fuel cell products into the U.S. market.
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Events

9-30-2011:

2011 Annual George A. Olah Lecture in Chemistry:

Understanding Reactivity and Dynamics of Cycloadditions for Synthesis, Chemical Biology, and Materials Chemistry

Professor Kendall N. Houk, Saul Winstein Chair and Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

4:00 p.m., SGM 123 (Refreshments 3:30 p.m.)

11-2-2011:

Organic-Materials Chemistry Seminar:

TBA

Prof. Robert G.Bergman, UC Berkeley

12:00 p.m., Olah Library

Contacts

Loker Hydrocarbon Institute
University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661

Phone: 740-5962

Fax: 740-6679

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