fuel cell
A History of Hydrogen and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Sir Robert William Grove invented the first fuel cells in 1839. ... Grove continued to focus his study on electrolyzing water, and in 1842 he published a description of a new, more efficient 26-cell device. Over the years many different fuel cells were experimented with. This paper will make a comparison between two types of fuel cells: Hydrogen/alkali fuels cells, and solid oxide fuel cells. In the late 1930’s British scientist Francis Bacon began further experimentation with fuel cells, and alkali electrolytes.