New ultrathin material for splitting water could make hydrogen production cheaper
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 - 09:52
in Physics & Chemistry
Chemists have invented a new, cheap catalyst for splitting water with an electrical current to efficiently produce clean hydrogen fuel. Splitting water usually requires two different catalysts, but this catalyst can drive both of the reactions required to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen. The technology is based on the creation of ultrathin slices of porous metal-organic complex materials coated onto a foam electrode.