Fuel Cells.

The report describes the present status of fuel cell research. Since any progress is a result of efforts over a wide range of research and development, it seemed appropriate to adopt a format which would reflect this breadth of effort. Therefore, the first four major sections cover the four categories of government funding i.e., basic research, exploratory development, advanced development and engineering development. Research on power conditioning, which is a vital part of any fuel cell system is also discussed. Next the investigation of fuel cell reactions and mechanisms are reviewed. Finally, fuel cell research and development is going on in a number of foreign countries, and thus summaries of their work is given.