A BRITISH fuel cell developer that was first to put the technology harnessing the power of hydrogen into London’s black cabs says it is working on a system that would allow cellphone users to charge just once a week.Intelligent Energy Holdings says an emerging smartphone maker will provide £5.25m to develop a fuel cell small enough to be embedded in mobile phones.The technology converts hydrogen into electricity, leaving only water vapour as a byproduct. It is spreading quickly at a bigger scale to drive commercial power generators used by businesses including the furniture retailer Ikea and investment bank Morgan Stanley to reduce emissions and ensure electricity supply."Embedding fuel cell technology into portable devices provides a solution to the current dilemma of battery life," says Julian Hughes, acting MD for Intelligent Energy’s consumer electronics division."With consumers demanding more and more from their phones, battery innovation has not kept up."We have been working w...
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