From Seawater to Clean Energy: A Breakthrough Discovery in Hydrogen Fuel Production
University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in the production of clean hydrogen fuel from seawater without prior treatment.
The increasing demand for hydrogen fuel, a renewable energy source, is expected to escalate in the near future.
The process uses a non-precious, cost-effective catalyst in a commercial electrolyzer with an efficiency rate of nearly 100 percent.
This breakthrough could revolutionize the production of green energy, especially in coastal areas.
The use of cobalt oxide with chromium oxide as the catalyst has a performance similar to the use of platinum and iridium catalysts.
Seawater has a vast abundance of resources compared to freshwater, and could result in cost savings in producing hydrogen fuel.
This solution may only be feasible for communities near coastlines with a surplus of seawater.
The researchers aim to scale up their system with a larger electrolyzer.
The potential application of their discovery is for commercial hydrogen fuel production for fuel cells and ammonia synthesis.
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