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Researchers identify pentlandite as equally efficient alternative to platinum for hydrogen production

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S 8 ) as a direct ‘rock’ electrode without the need of further surface modifications for hydrogen evolution under acidic conditions. According to their study, artificial pentlandite is just as efficient as the platinum electrodes commonly used today for the electrolytic production of hydrogen from water, but is lower cost.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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There has been much discussion for over thirty years or more around the use of hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to the internal combustion engine. Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car.

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UK, Saudi team shows hydrocarbon wax is a viable, safe medium for on-board hydrogen storage

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This discovery, reported in an open-access paper in Scientific Reports , offers a new material and system for safe and efficient hydrogen storage and could facilitate its application in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Similar safety issues and concerns surround the potential use of ammonia as an on-board hydrogen storage material.

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S. Korean researchers develop new catalytic pathway for direct conversion of CO2 to liquid hydrocarbon fuels

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A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.