Scientists at Penn State University and Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered a way to produce Hydrogen using aluminum nanoparticles (billionth of a meter) that react with water molecules to split oygen and hydrogen bonds.
What does that mean?
The physical arrangment and exposure of the alumninum atoms determines its ability to split certain chemical bonds by binding oxygen and releasing hydrogen.
Three of the tested aluminum clusters produced hydrogen from water at Room Temperature.
This ground-breaking work is important because it confirms the belief held by catalysis researchers that nanoparticle 'geometries, not just electronic properties', effect the reaction performance of catalytic materials.
Hydrogen Production at Room Temperature (& Confusion of Hype vs Hope)
Category: Energy
Year: Beyond
Tags: energy, materials, nanotechnology, chemistry, hydrogen, electricity, fuelcells
