Splitting water molecules takes more energy than calculations suggest, and is a key roadblock to cheap hydrogen fuel production. Now, scientists have discovered why. When you purchase through links on ...

Electrocatalysts play a key role in enabling hydrogen generation through water splitting. Among the latest materials under investigation, two-dimensional (2D) materials known as MXenes have shown ...

Researchers have developed a novel method using facet-selective, ultrafine cocatalysts to efficiently split water to create hydrogen -- a clean source of fuel. Scientists are urgently searching for ...

To explore the reason why water splitting suffers from inefficiency, the researchers applied a sophisticated new light-based technique called phase-resolved second harmonic generation. Shown here, the ...

Researchers have developed cost-effective and efficient water-splitting catalysts to be used in the eco-friendly production of hydrogen. Catalyst performance surprisingly increases over time.

Water oxidation offers a promising path to achieve sustainable energy by efficiently generating oxygen. This study investigates how optimizing Ru(II) photosensitizers, metal oxide catalysts, and pH ...

UPTON, N.Y. — Hydrogen (H 2) is a promising fuel for reducing greenhouse gases, especially if produced by using renewable energy to split water molecules (H 2 O). But as simple as it may seem to break ...

Using a digital platform called DigCat, researchers identified a low-cost metal oxide that performs both OER and HER in acidic conditions and remains stable over time. Hydrogen can be produced through ...

Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, led by Assistant Professor Megumi Okazaki, have identified key factors affecting water-splitting efficiency in a study published in Chem Catalysis. The ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a scandium (Sc)-doped titanium dioxide (TiO 2) semiconductor in the rutile crystal phase. Schematic diagram of TiO 2 facet control and ...