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Fuel cells are devices which exploit redox processes as power sources. State-of-the-art H2/O2 fuel cells employ precious metal catalysts such as Pt and other Pt-group metals, presenting issues of cost and sustainability.

The extraction of aluminium from Bauxite requires a separation from other undesirable components such as iron by acid leaching and high temperature annealing, which leaves a non-exploited ‘red mud’ with both economic and environmental implications.