15-Sep-2021 | Market Research Store
The University of Central Florida researchers have recently uncovered a method for producing hydrogen derived fuel that can be procured from the sea. This current method is expected to create a steady flow of fuel from an abundant and a sustainable form of alternative fuel compared to the fossil fuels. However, the potential challenge was limited by the technical challenges that were needed required to overcome for final stages of production. The challenge presented in this iterative form of method required how to practically and effectively split seawater into oxygen and a cleaner form of energy hydrogen fuel. The team designed a nanoscale model that can effectively arrange a solution for the challenge.
This process of splitting water into hydrogen has posed quite a serious and daunting task and has never been achieved in the required format till now. The research team found their stable and longer-lasting nanoscale material useful in catalyzing the reaction of splintage. This development is expected to open a new pathway for effectively creating the splitting function and produce hydrogen-based fuel. The team wanted to face the challenge of producing the device for the sole hypothesis that hydrogen is a renewable format of energy and can be made in a cheaper way if produced correctly.
Hydrogen can be converted into electricity to be further used in fuel cell technology that can be integrated into producing water as a product. The research team developed a thin-film material with nanostructures on the film’s surface composed of nickel selenide with a tinge of “doped” iron and phosphor. This combination of materials aims to achieve a high performance and stable form of composite that is required for an industrial-scaled electrolysis operations. However, this posed a challenge due to competing reactions that were further proving to be a threatened efficiency. This new material takes care of the latter obstacles in a testing substate that the team formed over an duration of over 200 hours.
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