Metal waste catalyst forges way to hydrogen production from water [Video]

In an ambition to address the challenges of hydrogen, specifically the reliance on fossil fuels and expensive precious metals like platinum, scientists developed a method to convert metal waste into a catalyst that produces hydrogen from water.

A team of researchers from the University of Nottingham’s School of Chemistry and Faculty of Engineering led by Dr. Jesum Alves Fernandes proposed repurposing metal waste into an efficient catalyst in hydrogen production.

This method is also cost-efficient in addition to being sustainable.

This leap in technology presents new opportunities to allow the sustainable functioning of power vehicles via the use of clean fuel. Hydrogen fuel can be employed to generate heat for such applications. 

The researchers say that water vapor is the only byproduct of …