Eco Factor: Inexpensive way to generate hydrogen from water being developed at Cal Berkeley.
Hydrogen is often touted as the fuel of the future since it burns with no emissions and is also the most abundant element in the universe. However, pure hydrogen doesn’t exist in nature and one way to create it is by electrolyzing water.
Electrolysis seems the best way to produce hydrogen but it requires platinum which makes the process very expensive. Researchers at Cal Berkeley promise to better the process with the use of molybdenum, which is 70 times cheaper than platinum.
The process with molybdenum requires the same amount of energy as with platinum, but here it can also work with neutral water without any acid additive. The process is being claimed to be so efficient that it holds the promise of hydrogen mass-produced using solar panels with little, if any, waste.
Via: ABC Local
