Sir William Robert Grove (1811-1896) was a scientist. In 1839, William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, which produced electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen. Grove developed another form the electric cell using zinc and platinum electrodes. These electrodes were exposed to two acids separated by a diaphragm.

External links

• http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/GroveBio.htm
• http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/grove.htm, with links to even more biographies
• http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3282&inst_id=17, archive of the Royal Institution