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July 23, 2023

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Device Makes Hydrogen from Sunlight With Record Efficiency

Engineers have created a device that turns sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency by integrating next-generation halide perovskite semiconductors with electrocatalysts in a single, durable, cost-effective and scalable ...

Titanium Oxide Material Lets Sunlight Drive Green Hydrogen Production

As part of ongoing efforts to develop materials that could enable alternative energy sources, researchers have produced a titanium oxide nanofilament material that can harness sunlight to unlock the ubiquitous molecule's potential as a fuel ...

Public Support Hydrogen and Biofuels to Decarbonize Global Shipping

New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen. The study also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively. Ammonia had the ...

Clean, Sustainable Fuels Made 'from Thin Air' and Plastic Waste

Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes -- or even directly from the air -- and transformed into clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the ...
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Tiny Biobattery With 100-Year Shelf Life Runs on Bacteria

A tiny biobattery that could still work after 100 years has been ...

A Novel Platinum Nanocluster for Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells

Hydrogen, derived from polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), is an excellent source of clean energy. However, PEFCs require platinum (Pt), which is a limited resource. Some studies have shown that ...

A Solar Hydrogen System That Co-Generates Heat and Oxygen

Researchers have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, in addition to generating hydrogen with unprecedented efficiency for its ...

Electrification Push Will Have Enormous Impacts on Critical Metals Supply Chain

The demand for battery-grade lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and platinum will climb steeply as vehicle electrification speeds up and nations work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through ...

Mimicking Biological Enzymes May Be Key to Hydrogen Fuel Production

An ancient biological enzyme known as nickel-iron hydrogenase may play a key role in producing hydrogen for a renewables-based energy economy, researchers said. Careful study of the enzyme has led ...

Revolutionary Battery Technology to Boost EV Range 10-Fold or More

A team develops layering-charged, polymer-based stable high-capacity anode ...

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Team Uses Natural Catalysts to Develop Low-Cost Way of Producing Green Hydrogen

Researchers have developed a practical way to produce green hydrogen using sustainable catalysts and say their work is a major step towards production simpler, more affordable and more ...

Probe Where the Protons Go to Develop Better Fuel Cells

Researchers have uncovered the chemical inner-workings of an electrolyte they developed for a new generation of solid oxide fuel cells. To uncover the location of the proton-introduction reaction, ...

'Green' Hydrogen: How Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting May Become Competitive

Sunlight can be used to produce green hydrogen directly from water in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells. So far, most systems based on this 'direct approach' have not been energetically ...

Switching to Hydrogen Fuel Could Prolong the Methane Problem

Hydrogen is often heralded as the clean fuel of the future, but new research suggests that leaky hydrogen infrastructure could end up increasing atmospheric methane levels, which would cause ...

A Safe Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide Inspired by Nature

Scientists report the safe synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an oxidizing agent used in multiple industries including semiconductors, using a new rhodium-based catalyst. The catalyst is based on ...

Catalyst Purifies Herbicide-Tainted Water and Produces Hydrogen

Researchers have developed a dual-purpose catalyst that purifies herbicide-tainted water while also producing ...

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Salt Could Play Key Role in Energy Transition

A common ingredient -- salt -- could have a big role to play in the energy transition to lower carbon energy sources. A study describes how large underground salt deposits could serve as hydrogen ...

How to Make Hydrogen Straight from Seawater -- No Desalination Required

Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry. The new method splits ...

'Game-Changing' Findings for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen fuel could be a more viable alternative to traditional fossil fuels, according to University of Surrey researchers who have found that a type of metal-free catalysts could contribute to the ...

Seawater Split to Produce 'Green' Hydrogen

Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green ...

How Plants Are Inspiring New Ways to Extract Value from Wastewater

Scientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich ...

Hydrogen's Place in an Increasingly Connected Energy Web Shows Need for Regulatory Change

Capturing the potential profits and jobs offered by a growing hydrogen industry may need as much innovation in regulatory agencies as it does in the research laboratories, according to new ...

Interfacial Interactions of the Lead-Free Perovskite for Efficient Hydrogen Production

The conversion of solar energy into hydrogen energy represents a promising and green technique for addressing the energy shortage and reducing fossil fuel emissions. A research team recently ...

Theoretical Computations Identify a Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Material's Key Bottleneck

Magnesium hydride has long been touted for its potential to store large amounts of hydrogen, something essential if hydrogen is to play a role in powering a sustainable future. Yet, sluggish ...

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