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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

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MAY 1, 2023

Stanford researchers, with a colleague from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, have developed a simple and environmentally sound way to make ammonia with tiny droplets of water and nitrogen from the air. Water microdroplets are the hydrogen source for N 2 in contact with Fe 3 O 4. —Song et al. Song et al.

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New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

Researchers have developed a nickel-stabilized, ruthenium dioxide (Ni-RuO 2 ) anode catalyst for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. The Ni-RuO 2 catalyst shows high activity and durability in acidic OER for PEM water electrolysis. Illustration by Zhen-Yu Wu. 2 , suggesting potential for practical applications.

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China team develops highly active catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol-water

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JANUARY 2, 2021

Methanol–water reforming could prove to be a promising solution for hydrogen production/transportation in stationary and mobile hydrogen applications. A team from Peking University and colleagues have now developed a nickel-supported over face-centered cubic (fcc) phase ? Under optimized conditions, Ni/?-MoC 0c10776.

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Sparc Hydrogen to test photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor at CSIRO

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JULY 3, 2023

The Sparc Green Hydrogen process combines concentrated solar (CS) with photocatalytic water splitting. Prototype testing of Sparc Hydrogen’s reactor in real world conditions is the culmination of more than 5 years of research and development work conducted by the University of Adelaide and Flinders University.

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Ontario researchers develop new water plasmolysis method for production of hydrogen

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JANUARY 1, 2020

Researchers at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology are developing a new method to dissociate water vapor into hydrogen gas by microwave-generated plasma (plasmolysis). A) An experimental setup for full microwave hydrogen production and (b) Schematic of the plasma reactor placed inside the microwave. (A)

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Uppsala team develops composite polymer dots for efficient, stable H2 production from water and sunlight

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles (“polymer dots”) that show promising performance and stability for the production of hydrogen from water and sunlight. Since polymer dots (Pdots) are so tiny, they are evenly distributed in water. —Liu et al.

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Novel inexpensive cobalt-nickel electrode for efficient water and urea electrolysis; yolk-shell nanoparticles

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Electrolytic hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is seen as an environmentally friendly means to ameliorate global climate and energy problems. Both half reactions of water electrolysis—hydrogen and oxygen evolution—are unfortunately slow and require a lot of power. Zhang, S.L., and Lou, X.W.

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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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MAY 16, 2023

Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. Nickel, however, is not as quick and effective at breaking down water into hydrogen. who led the study. Every day, I passed this same plant.

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U of Melbourne team demonstrates direct hydrogen production from air; direct air electrolysis (DAE)

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers at the University of Melbourne (Australia) have demonstrated a method of direct hydrogen production from air— in situ capture of freshwater from the atmosphere using hygroscopic electrolyte and subsequent electrolysis powered by solar or wind with a current density up to 574 mA cm ?2.

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UNC team synthesizes silicon nanowires that split water

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Researchers from the University of North Carolina have synthesized high-photovoltage multijunction Si nanowires (SiNWs) that are co-functionalized to split water catalytically. When integrated with the co-catalysts and suspended in water, these light-activated nanoreactors produced hydrogen gas under visible and infrared light.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

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APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Zepler Institute, University of Southampton. Computerized tomography of a MOFC, showing buildup of TiO 2 (light blue particles) in the triangular channels.

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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The team is back in the lab to find a fix. Shamlou, Elmira & Vidic, Radisav & Khanna, Vikas.

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High-entropy oxide as high-activity electrocatalyst for water oxidation

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MARCH 27, 2023

Researchers from the University of Twente in The Netherlands have developed a new high-entropy perovskite oxide (HEO) as a high-activity electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER)—the key kinetically limiting half-reaction in several electrochemical energy conversion technologies, including green hydrogen generation.

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SunHydrogen extends research agreement with University of Iowa; development of Gen 2 multi-junction nanoparticles for hydrogen production

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JUNE 30, 2020

SunHydrogen , the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, has extended its sponsored research agreement with the University of Iowa through 31 August 2020. As we are set to begin the production phase of our GEN 1 hydrogen panels, our research efforts will become increasingly focused on GEN 2.

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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. The generation of hydrogen from water using sunlight could potentially form the basis of a clean and renewable source of energy.

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Ricardo advances hydrogen engine; testing prototype at University of Brighton

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APRIL 29, 2021

Ricardo will be testing the prototype at the engine development facility at the University of Brighton—the company’s long-term combustion engine research partner. We are working with a range of clients on hydrogen and renewable fuels to reduce carbon emissions in these challenging sectors.

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Kobe team develops method for highly efficient hydrogen production using sunlight, water and hematite

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MAY 11, 2020

A research group led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa of Kobe University’s Molecular Photoscience Research Center has developed a strategy that greatly increases the amount of hydrogen produced from sunlight and water using hematite (??Fe Mesocrystal photoanode formation and photochemical water splitting characteristics.

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MBL begins first test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production

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MAY 17, 2021

A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago.

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Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers at Korea University have developed high-performance, textile-based electrodes for watersplitting (WSE); the non-noblemetal-based electrodes can generate a large amount of hydrogen with low overpotentials and high operational stability. 2 for the HER and 186 mV at 50 mA cm ?2 2 and a low cell voltage of 1.70

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Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this regard, photocatalytic water splitting has attracted significant interest as a cost-effective means to convert sustainable solar energy into valuable chemicals. Kazunari Domen from The University of Tokyo, Prof. Lianzhou Wang from The University of Queensland, Prof. Credit: DICP. —Wang et al.

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DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

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JUNE 22, 2023

Synhelion and its partner the University of Florida announced that their joint project has been awarded US$2.7 The project aims to enable large-scale production of green hydrogen from solar energy by leveraging concentrating solar power (CSP) infrastructure and solar heat to split water (H 2 O) into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ).

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Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant located at Clemson University in South Carolina.

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BASF and Catholic University of the North in Chile collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

BASF and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in Antofagasta, Chile, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen the cooperation between academia, students and industry experts.

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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

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AUGUST 13, 2023

A joint research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators have developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light.

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University of Louisville researchers working on new HER catalysts for water-splitting; $1M from NSF, DOE

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Researchers at the University of Louisville are developing new catalyst materials for the hydrogen evolution reaction in water splitting, where the bond between hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen is released. The current catalyst used in electrolyzers for the production of H 2 from water is platinum, which is very expensive.

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Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

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MARCH 4, 2021

The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Advanced Materials for Energy Storage Lab, under the leadership of Dr. Jian Liu, is the project’s research lead during the initial stages. Eagle Graphite owns and operates one of only two flake graphite production facilities in Canada and the only graphite quarry in western North America.

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U Oregon team advances effectiveness of catalytic water dissociation in bipolar membranes

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JULY 3, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oregon have advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. The technology behind bipolar membranes, which are layered ion-exchange polymers sandwiching a water dissociation catalyst layer, emerged in the 1950s. —Shannon Boettcher.

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

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MAY 9, 2018

Researchers at the University of Exeter (UK) have developed a novel p-type LaFeO 3 photoelectrode using an inexpensive and scalable spray pyrolysis method. The nanostructured photoelectrode results in spontaneous hydrogen evolution from water without any external bias applied with a faradaic efficiency of 30% and excellent stability.

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Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have used a gallium, indium, tin and bismuth alloy to generate hydrogen, when placed in contact with an aluminum plate immersed in water. Hydrolysis of active metals is a widely known hydrogen production approach. In the 1960s, Woodall et al.

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Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

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MAY 5, 2020

Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The current flows to the catalysts that turn water into hydrogen and oxygen, with a sunlight-to-hydrogen efficiency as high as 6.7%. It utilizes water and sunlight to get chemical fuels. —Jun Lou.

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S. Korean team develops highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost electrolytic hydrogen production

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Conventional water electrolysis for the production of hydrogen faces technological challenges to improve the efficiency of the water-splitting reaction for the sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Oxygen and hydrogen are generated during a water electrolysis reaction (top right). Credit IBS.

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WSU, GTI system uses electrochemical reforming of ethanol for compressed hydrogen production; CAPER

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from Washington State University (WSU) and the Gas Technology Institute have used an ethanol and water mixture and a small amount of electricity in an electrochemical conversion system to produce pure compressed hydrogen. The presence of the ethanol in water changes the chemistry. —Wei-Jyun Wang, a co-lead author.

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Rice University lab develops dual-surface graphene electrode to split water into hydrogen and oxygen

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Researchers in the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour have produced dual-surface laser-induced graphene (LIG) electrodes on opposing faces of a plastic sheet that split water into hydrogen on one side and oxygen on the other side. Illustration of the integration of catalytic LIG electrodes as a full water electrolyzer. (a)

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TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production

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APRIL 10, 2020

These findings largely span the application territory of NMAs for fuel cells, green hydrogen production and many more. These findings largely span the application territory of NMAs for fuel cells, green hydrogen production and many more. Universal HER and ORR Electrocatalysis.” Credit: Wiley-VCH. —lead author Ran Du.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. million (US$9.8

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Researchers split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Tianjin University have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. The use of vast amounts of high-purity water for hydrogen production may aggravate the shortage of freshwater resources. A paper on the work is published in Nature Energy.

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U Toronto and Fujitsu team use quantum-inspired computing to discover improved catalyst for hydrogen production

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. Choubisa et al.

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Duke researchers boost electrolyzer productivity with microfibrous flow-through electrode; 12.5- to 50-times greater than conventional

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JUNE 1, 2020

Ben Wiley, a professor of chemistry at Duke University and his team are investigating how nano- and microstructured porous electrodes can improve the productivity of hydrogen generation in a zero-gap, flow-through alkaline water electrolyzer. Wiley Lab, Duke University). Inset: Electron microscope view of the felt.

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ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Bridgestone and several partners a $35-million grant to continue its investment in desert shrub guayule ( earlier post ) to advance a climate-smart domestic rubber industry and offer a solution for growers amid the ongoing water crisis in the Southwestern US.

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New protocol for creating single atom iridium catalysts boosts water-splitting performance

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A new way of anchoring individual iridium atoms to the surface of a catalyst significantly increased its efficiency in splitting water molecules, scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University reported in an open-access paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). …we

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New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

A research team led by Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute Of Science And Technology (DGIST) Professor Jong-Sung Yu in Korea, with colleagues at UC Berkeley and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen using solar light.

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Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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APRIL 3, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels.

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Stanford researchers make ammonia from air and water microdroplets

New stable water-splitting catalyst doesn’t require expensive iridium

China team develops highly active catalyst for hydrogen production from methanol-water

Sparc Hydrogen to test photocatalytic water splitting (PWS) reactor at CSIRO

Ontario researchers develop new water plasmolysis method for production of hydrogen

Uppsala team develops composite polymer dots for efficient, stable H2 production from water and sunlight

Novel inexpensive cobalt-nickel electrode for efficient water and urea electrolysis; yolk-shell nanoparticles

UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

U of Melbourne team demonstrates direct hydrogen production from air; direct air electrolysis (DAE)

UNC team synthesizes silicon nanowires that split water

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Photocatalytic optical fibers convert water into hydrogen

Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

High-entropy oxide as high-activity electrocatalyst for water oxidation

SunHydrogen extends research agreement with University of Iowa; development of Gen 2 multi-junction nanoparticles for hydrogen production

University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Ricardo advances hydrogen engine; testing prototype at University of Brighton

Kobe team develops method for highly efficient hydrogen production using sunlight, water and hematite

MBL begins first test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production

Researchers at Korea University develop high-performance textile-based electrodes for watersplitting

Researchers propose testing standards for particulate photocatalysts in solar fuel production

DOE awards $2.7M to U Florida, Synhelion to support production of hydrogen from concentrated solar

Siemens Energy teams up with Duke Energy, Clemson University to study hydrogen use

BASF and Catholic University of the North in Chile collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

University of Louisville researchers working on new HER catalysts for water-splitting; $1M from NSF, DOE

Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

U Oregon team advances effectiveness of catalytic water dissociation in bipolar membranes

Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

Rice U team creates low-cost, high-efficiency integrated device for solar-driven water splitting; solar leaf

S. Korean team develops highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost electrolytic hydrogen production

WSU, GTI system uses electrochemical reforming of ethanol for compressed hydrogen production; CAPER

Rice University lab develops dual-surface graphene electrode to split water into hydrogen and oxygen

TU Dresden chemists develop noble metal aerogels for electrochemical hydrogen production

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Researchers split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen

U Toronto and Fujitsu team use quantum-inspired computing to discover improved catalyst for hydrogen production

Duke researchers boost electrolyzer productivity with microfibrous flow-through electrode; 12.5- to 50-times greater than conventional

ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

New protocol for creating single atom iridium catalysts boosts water-splitting performance

New catalyst synthesis method for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen

Researchers discover novel water-assisted approach to double or triple rate of furfural conversion

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