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>>9907696
It sounds like the aluminum alloy is consumed during the reaction, stripping the oxygen out of the water to form aluminum oxide & hydrogen, which then goes to the fuel cell. So you would periodically need to refuel the powder & dump the aluminum oxide.

This could end up being viable; aluminum & water are certainly a lot easier to handle than hydrogen, but you would have to figure out the amount & cost of the aluminum needed for a set driving distance, to see if it is cost effective. Or even reasonable in terms of weight; the article didn't say how much aluminum powder was needed to produce X amount of hydrogen.