Metal Foam Electrodes Split Water With Unprecedented Efficiency | Cool Future Technologies | Scoop.it

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.”