Researchers from the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis have created the world’s fastest hydrogen-producing catalyst, using natural bacterial catalysts as a blueprint. The method uses the energy stored in chemical bonds to produce hydrogen with the help of a synthetic catalyst. In their study, published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe how they used an enzyme called catalase to convert
Researchers from the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis have created the world’s fastest hydrogen-producing catalyst, using natural bacterial catalysts as a blueprint. The method uses the energy stored in chemical bonds to produce hydrogen with the help of a synthetic catalyst. The system could offer a way of creating efficient, cheap hydrogen production for fuel cell power or for internal combustion engines.