AS WORLD'S poor suffer from severe food shortages, we waste and cry about CO2. There are people in India who are working towards greener future since last twenty five years in Rajasthan.

Recently, Professor Y K Vijay and his team from Physics department, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, have discovered new technique of hydrogen fuel cell technology in car.

Professor Y K Vijay, hydrogen fuel cell research contributes to the growing role that advanced technologies play in addressing the nation's energy challenges. His research focuses on hydrogen production, delivery and storage; fuel cells; technology validation; safety, codes and standards; analysis; education; and manufacturing of car. Automobiles are the leading cause to country’s air pollution problem. Cars also release toxic emissions that damage our environment. Pollution is hurting our environment by adding to the greenhouse effect, damaging air quality and decreasing the ozone level. By this technology, he has proved that we can reduce pollution level more then CNG.

Biggest problem in cars running with hydrogen fuel cell is that it needs refilling from outer source. Because of this, these cars are not considered good for long distance travelling. To overcome this problem, he worked on ‘onward fuel generation’ technique. It means hydrogen will be generated in the car itself. His team has added some new techniques in it. They prepared cell with aluminum electrode with saline water (salt and water solution). With electrosis process, cell will produce hydrogen fuel frenziedly in car. He used special type of air filters and thin film membrane to separate fuel from hydrogen. By this way, purity of hydrogen will increase. In addition, pollution level in environment will fall considerably. On a test drive, it was found that pollution level from cars running with hydrogen fuel cell is very less in comparison to cars running with gas/petrol.

Professor Y K Vijay and his team next step are to take patent from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as this research is going under this ministry since 1984. When this project will be cleared, it will not only be a blessing for industrial sector, but also will help to clean environment. Automobile companies are free to experiment on hydrogen fuel cell technology under guidance of Professor Vijay.