Researchers from the Manchester Metropolitan University ( MMU ) have won a £ 100,000 ( $ 128,000 ) grant for a new technology that may bring sustainable energy to remote communities otherwise dependent on petrol and gas . The process functions by 3D printing large quantities of inexpensive electrodes with graphene - like nanotechnology . Under the project, the MMU team plans to screen print the electrodes with graphene-like nanotechnology embedded in a carbon-based printer ink at the University’s new £4 million Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre. These are then fed into electrolysers which convert them into oxygen and hydrogen , and MMU ’s work on the latter can then be easily stored or physically transported as a gas without charge , before being fed into fuel cells . As well as providing an on - demand energy source , the only by - product of the process is oxygen and water . Alongside the grant , awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council , the researchers are collaborating with the European Marine Energy Centre to further research into the capabilities of the screen - printed electrolysers , the cells and the fuel cells .
Researchers from the Manchester Metropolitan University ( MMU ) have won a £ 100,000 ( $ 128,000 ) grant for a new technology that may bring sustainable energy to remote communities otherwise dependent on petrol and gas . The process functions by 3D printing large quantities of inexpensive electrodes with graphene - like nanotechnology . These are then fed into electrolysers which convert them into oxygen and hydrogen , and MMU ’s work on the latter can then be easily stored or physically transported as a gas without charge , before being fed into fuel cells . As well as providing an on - demand energy source , the only by - product of the process is oxygen and water . Alongside the grant , awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council , the researchers are collaborating with the European Marine Energy Centre to further research into the capabilities of the screen - printed electrolysers , the cells and the fuel cells .