New iron catalyst could make hydrogen fuel cells affordable
For decades, scientists have been searching for a catalyst that dramatically reduces the cost of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells.
Jul 7, 2022
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Cheap, sustainable hydrogen: New catalyst is 10 times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices
A new kind of solar panel, developed at the University of Michigan, has achieved 9% efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen—mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis. Outdoors, it represents a major ...
Jan 4, 2023
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Hydrogen production and carbon capture in a single step
Hydrogen production takes place using natural gas as the raw material, combined with a very special ceramic membrane. Both hydrogen production and CO2 capture are achieved in a single step, which makes the method highly energy ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers create green fuel with the flip of a light switch
Researchers at Princeton and Rice universities have combined iron, copper, and a simple LED light to demonstrate a low-cost technique that could be key to distributing hydrogen, a fuel that packs high amounts of energy with ...
Nov 25, 2022
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Our next renewable energy source could be an artificial leaf
LSU researchers are exploring new ways to use the oldest energy source on our planet—sunlight—to create truly green energy on demand. You've already heard of solar cells and solar panels, but David Vinyard, assistant ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Bringing order to hydrogen energy devices
Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) have developed a new approach to speed up hydrogen atoms moving through a crystal lattice structure at lower temperatures. They reported their ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Computers help researchers find materials to turn solar power into hydrogen
Using solar energy to inexpensively harvest hydrogen from water could help replace carbon-based fuel sources and shrink the world's carbon footprint. However, finding materials that could boost hydrogen production so that ...
Jun 17, 2021
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An integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago have built a machine that captures carbon from flue gas and converts it to ethylene.
Dec 12, 2022
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Water distribution in fuel cells made visible in 4D
Teams from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and University College London (UCL) have visualized the water distribution in a fuel cell in three dimensions and in real time for the first time by evaluating neutron data from the ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Sulfonamides make robust cathode material for proton batteries
Proton batteries are an innovative and environmentally friendly type of battery in which charge is carried by protons, which are positively charged hydrogen ions. A team of researchers has now developed organic sulfonamides ...
Apr 22, 2022
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