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[kas11]

By the time we get results from the plant MVTG will be 5$ a share minimal you will see. People keep focusing on the plant the fuel cell is whats going to take us there and then when the plants built and operational with results who knows how high we go.

[Ecomike]

Here is some fuel for the MVTG fire, from one of my MVTG undercover detectives:

From the 12/02/13 PR
Mantra Announces Advancements in Novel Fuel Cell for Energy Storage.

"Development of this novel platinum- and membrane-free Swiss-roll mixed-reactant fuel cell (MRFC) was beyond our expectations. The performance of the Swiss-roll MRFC matches the highest power densities of conventional systems with platinum-based catalysts and polymer membranes.

This improved performance and cost reduction of fuel cell systems may open new avenues toward commercialization of low cost fuel cell units for different applications:

from small portable applications to large-scale stationary energy storage systems.

Most importantly, the elimination of polymer membranes may significantly improve the performance and stability of many fuel cell chemistries such as direct hydrazine/air fuel cells. Mantra is currently investigating the adoption of this innovative MRFC for formic acid, formate, and direct hydrazine/air systems in its R&D facility in Burnaby, Canada," says Amin Aziznia, Mantra's senior electrochemical engineer.

Then this glowing comment/endorsment that I found on Amin's LinkedIn profile page from -- Alexey Serov, who worked with
Amin Aziznia on the development of the Swiss Roll fuel cell.

Research Assistant Professor at University of New Mexico, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department

I worked with Amin Aziznia under collaborative project between University of British Columbia and University of New Mexico. The project goal was to implement the novel non-PGM cathode material into the structure of Mixed Reactant Fuel Cell.

I would like to emphasize that Amin’s role in this research work was crucial. The targets of project were quite challenging and initial fuel cell performance was far away from expectation.

Amin re-evaluated preliminary results and re-design catalytic layer of MRFC, which led to increase of overall performance up to 40%!

The results of this study were published and can be found as: A. Serov, A. Aziznia, P. H. Benhangi, K. Artyushkova, P. Atanassov, E. Gyenge
"Borohydride-tolerant oxygen electroreduction catalyst for mixed-reactant Swiss-roll direct borohydride fuel cells", J. Mater. Chem. A 1 (2013) 14384-14391.

After getting his PhD degree Amin started his career in start-up company – Mantra Energy as a Senior Scientist.

I’m happy to continue the collaboration with Dr. Aziznia in the field of CO2 electroreduction.

I fully can recommend collaborative works, joint projects etc with Amin Aziznia.

Alexey Serov, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
UNM, NM, USA