DuPont Fuel Cells is a global business that enables the advancement of fuel cell technology and products by providing the science and innovation to make fuel cells a commercial reality in the near and long term.  Based in Wilmington, Del., its objective is to be the leading supplier of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell membranes and components to power automobiles, electronics, and residences.

DuPont has more than 30 years of experience in fuel cell technology and market development.  One of the first uses of fuel cells, based on Nafion® membranes, was by NASA in the 1960s for the Gemini program.  DuPont leverages its expertise in science and engineering, including polymer chemistry, materials engineering, catalysis, and conductive coatings – all of which are critical to the performance of the fuel cell – to provide a total offering for fuel cell materials development.  DuPont Fuel Cells’ primary manufacturing sites are in Towanda, Pa. and Fayetteville, N.C.

• DuPont Fuel Cells is driving the technology necessary to make fuel cells a commercial reality in the near- and long-term:
  - DuPont invented, and continues to advance, Nafion® membranes and dispersions, which provide durability (lifetime is a key feature), performance (power and how much energy you can get out of the fuel cell) and lower cost.
  - DuPont technology ties these materials together into integrated components (membrane electrode assemblies), some of which the company makes.
  - DuPont has strategic development relationships with leading equipment manufacturers in the automobile and electronics sectors.
  
• Cars and other transportation applications still require fundamental advances in materials, as well as system technologies.  DuPont estimates these fuel cells applications will be in place longer term, around 2020. In Oct. 2005, DuPont introduced enhanced durable membranes with longer life for automotive and stationary power.
  
• Fuel cells with DuPont materials and components are beginning to be introduced to the portable power markets around the world.  DuPont’s partner in Munich, Germany, SFC Smart Fuel Cell, provides fuel cells for recreational markets, such as powering of appliances and electronics in RVs and leisure watercraft.
  
• In 2005, DuPont Fuel Cells introduced a new direct methanol technology, DuPont™ Gen IV, for a new generation of Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEA).  These provide improved power density, durability and reliability, all leading to more cost-effective fuel cell systems. 
  
• Also in 2005, the Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded DuPont a Defense Acquisition Challenge Program to develop a fuel cell to be worn by the soldier.
  
• The DuPont Gen IV technology is enabling equipment manufacturers to develop fuel cells targeted to portable power in consumer electronics, such as laptops and in larger units for recreational, military and industrial applications.

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