Less is more: Why an economical Iridium catalyst works so well

Different chemical environments explored

10-Dec-2024 - Iridium-based catalysts are needed to produce hydrogen using water electrolysis. Now, a team at HZB has shown that the newly developed P2X catalyst, which requires only a quarter of the Iridium, is as efficient and stable over time as the best commercial catalyst. Measurements at BESSY II have ...

New Insights into Ammonia Decomposition

How to make hydrogen transportable

10-Oct-2024 - Using ammonia is regarded as a promising method of transporting hydrogen. However, an efficient process is also needed to convert it back into hydrogen and nitrogen. An international research team has gained new insights into the mode of operation of an iron catalyst that can be used to split ...

Maximizing Hydrogen Peroxide Formation during Water Electrolysis

Killing two birds with one stone

23-Jul-2024 - When water is split electrolytically, the result is typically hydrogen – and useless oxygen. Instead of oxygen, you can also produce a useful product. If you know how. Due to its high availability, water is considered the most useful starting material for hydrogen production. Ideally, the ...

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

The findings impact the ability to achieve a lasting and sustainable hydrogen-based energy economy

30-Apr-2024 - Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have improved on their green and sustainable method of extracting hydrogen from water by using a custom-made catalyst for the chemical reaction. Published in Nature Catalysis, the study details ...

Trash to treasure – researchers turn metal waste into catalyst for hydrogen

18-Apr-2024 - Scientists have found a way to transform metal waste into a highly efficient catalyst to make hydrogen from water, a discovery that could make hydrogen production more sustainable. A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Chemistry and Faculty of Engineering have found ...

Revolutionizing hydrogen production: Economical and efficient solutions unveiled

This research, which has solved two problems at once, is attracting attention

25-Mar-2024 - Water eletrolysis process is a system that produces hydrogen by electrolyzing water. It is an eco-friendly technology that can produce hydrogen fuel, a future energy source, without emitting environmental pollutants, but its limitations have been pointed out as low hydrogen production efficiency ...

Groundbreaking discovery enables cost-effective and eco-friendly green hydrogen production

24-Jan-2024 - A breakthrough technology has been developed that enables the production of green hydrogen in a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner, bringing us closer to a carbon-neutral society by replacing expensive precious metal catalysts. Led by Professor Jungki Ryu in the School of ...

Fast and energy-saving synthesis method for new electrocatalysts

Water electrolysis and the associated hydrogen production could become more energy-efficient in the future

15-Dec-2023 - Researchers from the Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology and the "SolTech" research network at the University of Bayreuth have presented a new production method for electrocatalysts: a fast, low-temperature synthesis of special ceramic materials (high-entropy oxides). The results from the ...

Durable, inexpensive electrocatalyst generates clean hydrogen and oxygen from water

29-Nov-2023 - Hydrogen is a highly combustible gas that can help the world achieve its clean energy goals if manufactured in an environmentally responsible way. The primary hurdle to creating hydrogen gas from water is the large amount of energy required for the electrolysis of water, or splitting water ...

CO2-free hydrogen: BASF receives funding approval for 54-megawatt water electrolysis plant

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer expected to produce up to 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year

27-Nov-2023 - With the approval of funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, BASF has come a major step closer in building a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer. In cooperation with Siemens Energy, work on the water electrolysis at ...