NEET 2015 Chemistry question

A device that converts energy of combustion of fuels like hydrogen and methane, directly into electrical energy is known as :-

(1)Electrolytic cell
(2)Dynamo
(3)Ni-Cd cell
(4)Fuel CellCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

A fuel cell is a galvanic cell in which the energy of combustion of a fuel (such as H or CH) with oxygen is converted directly into electrical energy, for example the H-O fuel cell used in the Apollo space programme. An electrolytic cell (1) uses

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