News tagged with produce hydrogen

Producing hydrogen from urine

(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (60) | comments 19

Novel solar reactor may enable clean fuel derived from sunlight

Producing hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources is a problem that continues to elude many scientists but University of Delaware’s Erik Koepf thinks he may have discovered a solution.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Researchers pioneer molecular catalyser

Scientists in Sweden have developed a molecular catalyser with the ability to quickly oxidise water to oxygen. Presented in the journal Nature Chemistry, the results are a significant contribution to the future ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

A road map for greener transport

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study says the best way to reduce emissions in the short term is a 'drastic downscaling of both size and weight' of conventional petrol and diesel cars.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Chemical engineers invent portable hydrogen reactor for fuel cells

Chemical Engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are transforming the way that American soldiers power their battery-operated devices by making a small change: a really small change. Capitalizing on the unique ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste. It's hydrogen, the lightest element of all.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

CU method projected to meet DOE cost targets for solar thermal hydrogen fuel production

A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that a novel University of Colorado Boulder method of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight is the only approach among eight competing technologies that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast