At the end of September, Theresa had the opportunity to present the Open Fuel Cell (OFC) platform at the inaugural Open Source Hardware Conference (OSHOP) in Dresden. Organized by TU Dresden, HTW Dresden, and Fraunhofer IWU, the conference brought together over 120 participants from academia, industry, and the maker community […]
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On November 22, 2024, the Open Fuel Cell (OFC) joined the fun at this year’s Night of Physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen (check it out here: Night of Physics). The event was all about giving the public a glimpse into the fascinating world of physics—and maybe convincing a few […]
Introduction In late November 2023, the Open Fuel Cell (OFC) took a significant leap forward in its application for educational purposes. The occasion was the “MeetTech+Teach” teacher conference held in Mannheim, where the OFC was showcased to educators eager to explore its potential. This event not only provided a platform […]
On August 3rd, 2023, we used the open fuel cell (OFC) operated in a simplistic experimental setup so spread the fascination about fuel cell technology among the next generation of scientists and engineers. As part of an outreach event called „SUNI“ (Sommer Uni), organised by the University of Duisburg-Essen, pupils […]
In late April, Burghard was invited to the Chemistry advanced class of Dr. Schulte in the Luisenschule in Muelheim. Preceeding this visit was an in depth focus topic during which the students covered electrochemistry over the course of four months. The practical application that concluded this topic was the Open […]
Today is the first Open Fuel Cell Meeting after I started working at ZBT. So I was able to pick up Leander and Frauke from the entrance and lead them to Burghard’s office. Today is the day on which we want to test a first OFC assembly for tightness. There […]
Livia and Roland are on vacation; so there is only a small Open Fuel Cell team meeting. We meet at the Chair of Energy Technology. Leander reports about the experiences he made when he tried to print more end plates using SLA. He had problems with the threads, which were […]
We meet again at May 9, this time at the NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum, NETZ. Leander is back from his holidays and amazingly added lots of CAD files to the website. Roland brought a package that was shipped to my name but it contained nothing related to the Open Fuel Cell but Merch […]
After a few weeks break, the open fuel cell team meets again. This time at the Chair of Manufacturing Engineering. Open Fuel Cells travel to Mannheim Burghard immediately starts to report: Alexandra and himself sent the fuel cell which we assembled in a previous meeting, together with another fuel cell […]
We thought this would be easy: milling the conductor plates according to Burghard’s design to produce the flowfield and the open electrode. We gave a set of milling cutters to Frauke from the FabLab and were excited to receive the cut parts within the next few days. Instead, we received […]