Lance, You were looking for fuel cells? Of course, NUKE has their fingers in fuel cells, along with nuclear wastes, dust plasmas, diamond semiconductors, etc., etc. Lots of ex-Soviet scientists, with semi-official looking credentials. BUT, it's a Vancouver company, so take it all with a grain of salt. Connection with Univ. of Missouri gives a little more credibility. That may also be smoke and mirrors, but they deserve some attention.
Fuel Cell Electrode to be Developed
Business Wire - June 28, 1999 12:15
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1999-- Rhombic Corporation
(OTC-BB-NUKE) announces that the company has accepted a second proposal from the University
of Missouri to participate in a joint research plan to develop doped diamond electrodes and
undoped diamond film for the hydrogen fuel cell market.
The doped diamond electrodes will be non-corrosive with the unique features of excellent thermal,
chemical, and electrical conductive properties. Electrodes developed using boron doped diamond
film will add efficiency to hydrogen fuel cells now being produced for automobiles, buses, and
trucks.
Rhombic's management is currently reviewing three other "Forced Diffusion" projects for the future
developed at the University's facilities.
-- Production of N-type diamond semi-conductor material for the computer, satellite, and
communications markets.
-- Quality coloring of diamonds for the retail and wholesale markets.
-- The doping of diamond films for use in small solid state monitor/detectors that would be portable
and useful in monitoring at nuclear power plants and waste sites, and to measure the rate and flow
of newtrons produced by the Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion devices and other
commercial neutron producers.
Using its "Forced Diffusion" technology, Rhombic will begin July 1, 1999, at the University to
purify polluting elements from silicon carbide and gallium nitride wafers. Reducing impurities in
wafers will result in improved effectiveness with a longer wafer life span.
Rhombic also announces that Dr. Reinhard Hopfl of Germany, represented Rhombic Corporation's
nuclid battery at the Geneva, Switzerland June 12 and June 13, 1999 summit meeting of International
Computer and Communications. Dr. Hopfl reported back to Rhombic his many contacts in the
satellite business.
from the University of Missouri to use its laboratory facilities, technical equipment, and personnel,
to develop selected projects using the company's "Forced Diffusion" technology. Purification of
silicon carbide and gallium nitride wafer materials will begin July 1, 1999 under the supervision of
Dr. Mark Prelas. The wafers will be bought from U.S. manufacturers in two and three inch crystal
sizes, and treated with the patented "Forced Diffusion" process. The University proposal is to use
the Rhombic technology "to purify the gallium nitride of the unintentional oxygen and silicon
impurities incorporated into the structure, and to purify the silicon carbide wafers of the pollutants
boron, nitrogen and oxygen. The gallium nitride wafer is a blue laser generator, and silicon carbide
is a major factor in high temperature, high speed electronics. Both materials are light emitting diodes
that can be modified to produce photovoltaic cells that assist in the conversion of ultra violet light
to electricity. Reducing the impurities in the wafers would give them an improved effectiveness with
a longer life span, and simplify the construction of photovoltaic cells. According to the 1999
Industry Report, "Silicon will remain the dominant material for substrates and wafers for the
foreseeable future with demand exceeding $7 billion in 1999. The push for ever greater performance
at lower prices has brought new wafer technologies into the market." Rhombic's patented "Forced
Diffusion" process can be used to add to or to take out impurities from diamond, silicon carbide,
gallium nitride, and other special materials to modify the optical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical
properties of those materials. Rhombic Corporation will announce soon that, beginning in
September, 1999, its "Forced Diffusion" technology will be used to develop a second project at the
University Of Missouri's facilities. |
