UCL student outreach group develop electricity from hydrogen
UCell is a team of Ph.D. and Master students, lecturers and industrial partners working on electricity production from hydrogen.

2 August 2019
UCell's aim is to demonstrate the real potential of alternative energy sources by providing fuel cell-generated electricity to events, along with public engagement and demonstrations to inform and educate about new energy technologies.
Using their own hand-built mobile fuel cell to convert hydrogen gas into electricity, they attend (and provide power to) a hectic schedule of events. These include offering renewable mobile phone charging at Glastonbury Festival and providing power for a performance tent at Green Man Festival, as well as outreach in schools and working alongside the UCL Sustainability Team.
This year, they’ll showcase a new, more powerful system and offer further demonstrations on solar power, electrolysers and fuel cells to build further awareness of the potential for low-carbon energy generation. Vidal Bharath, a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering and member of UCell, explained the benefits of their work:
