Most fuel cells in the world today run on hydrogen. However, as the fuel gets more complex, this oxidation process becomes vastly more complicated. Once carbon atoms are in the fuel, carbon monoxide poisoning of typical fuel cell catalysts becomes problematic.
Bromine dissociates in water in the same manner as chlorine, by forming hypobromous acid and the hypobromite ion. Hypobromous acid is a weak acid that partially dissociates to form a hydrogen ion and a hypobromite ion.
convert and stabilize the chlorine in the form of chloramine. Chlorine in chloramine can revert back to free chlorine and exert its oxidative activity. The process, however, is slow and only a small fraction of chlorine is released at a given time. In effect, chloramine functions like a slow release medication in the water disinfection process. Since chloramine is less reactive than free chlorine, it will not form