By coating nickel foam with a nickel-iron nanosheets, scientists have made an efficient catalyst that could be used to produce hydrogen at the industrial scale.
“Our electrode is the most efficient oxygen-producing electrode in alkaline electrolytes reported to date, to the best of our knowledge,” says Associate Professor Chuan Zhao, from the University of New South Wales School of Chemistry.
“It is inexpensive, sturdy and simple to make, and can potentially be scaled up for industrial application of water splitting.”
Materials scientists working on highly efficient catalysts to help produce hydrogen from water... envision abundant, cheap hydrogen as fuel..