Scientists produce robust catalyst to split water into hydrogen, oxygen
July 26, 2017
Splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen to produce clean energy can be simplified with a single catalyst developed by scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston.
The electrolytic film produced at Rice and tested at Houston is a three-layer structure of nickel, graphene and a compound of iron, manganese and phosphorus. The foamy nickel gives the film a large surface, the conductive graphene protects the nickel from degrading and the metal phosphide carries out the reaction.
The robust material is the subject of a paper in Nano Energy.
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https://phys.org/news/2017-07-scientists-robust-catalyst-hydrogen-oxygen.html#jCp
