Mar

6

AI Has Found Cheap Efficient Hydrogen Producing Electrodes

March 6, 2024 | Leave a Comment

Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… A National Institute for Materials Science, Japan research team has developed an AI technique capable of expediting the identification of materials with desirable characteristics. Using this technique, the team was able to discover high-performance water electrolyzer electrode materials free of platinum-group elements – substances previously thought to be indispensable in water electrolysis. These materials […]

Sep

26

Better Hydrogen Production Catalyst For Handling Oxygen

September 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) researchers have developed a new tantalum oxide-supported iridium catalyst that significantly boosts the oxygen evolution reaction speed. The study paper was published in the Journal of Power Sources. The study was co-authored by Dr. Chaekyung Baik, a post-doctoral researcher at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). Proton […]

Mar

1

Catalyst Surfaces Seen And Analyzed At Atomic Resolution

March 1, 2022 | Leave a Comment

A Ruhr-University Bochum research team has visualized the three-dimensional structure of the surface of catalyst nanoparticles at atomic resolution. This structure plays a decisive role in the activity and stability of the particles. The detailed insights were achieved with a combination of atom probe tomography, spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Nanoparticle catalysts can be used, for […]

Jun

9

Zeroing In On The Hydrogen Production Problem

June 9, 2021 | Leave a Comment

A Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory team have new tools allowing scientists to zoom in on a catalytic reaction that’s been a bottleneck in efforts to generate hydrogen from water more efficiently. The bottleneck is a problem in transitioning to a hydrogen economy that will require massive production of cheap hydrogen gas for […]

Aug

5

A New Idea For Handling the Oxygen When Splitting Water

August 5, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids scientists have been looking into the rational design of new types of OER (Oxygen Evolution Reaction) electrocatalysts and addressing fundamental questions about the key reactions in energy conversion. Their paper, Al2Pt for Oxygen Evolution in Water Splitting: a Strategy for Creating Multi‐functionality in Electrocatalysis, has been published […]

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