A team of Renewable Energy experts from the University of Exeter in the UK has pioneered a new technique to produce hydrogen (H2) from sunlight to create a clean, cheap and widely-available fuel.
The team developed an innovative method to split water into its constituent parts – H2 and oxygen (O2) – using sunlight. The hydrogen can then be used as a fuel, with the potential to power everyday items such as homes and vehicles.
Crucially, H2 fuel that can be created through this synthetic photosynthesis method would not only severely reduce carbon emissions, but would also create a virtually limitless energy source.
The ground-breaking new research centres on the use of a revolutionary photo-electrode – an electrode that absorbs light before initializing electrochemical transformations to extract the H2 from water – made from nanoparticles of the elements lanthanum, iron and O2.
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