On April 03, 2013 I asked if iron is the new platinum. Researchers at the University of Calgary and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory seem to think so. Both are using iron in place of platinum for chemical reactions involving hydrogen. Researchers at the University of Calgary are even using an iron and cobalt combination • Read More »
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Brown University Picks Cobalt & Graphene to Replace Platinum in Fuel Cells
October 17, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Yesterday I was talking about how a venture capitalist was betting on iron and cobalt to replace platinum in fuel cells. Well, today, there is a new wager on the table. Scientists are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island are laying their cards on the table, saying cobalt and graphene are a better choice to • Read More »
Venture Capitalist Bets on Iron and Cobalt for Fuel Cells
October 16, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Venture Capitalist Bets on Iron and Cobalt for Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.A venture capital company, the Verge Fund out of Albuquerque is placing its bets on iron and cobalt to replace platinum as the catalyst used in fuel cells. The venture capital firm formed a company called Pajarito Powder LLC to manufacture and market the new platinum-free fuel cells. The price of platinum continues to skyrocket, • Read More »
Cambridge Researchers Choose Cobalt for H2 Production
August 28, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Cambridge Researchers Choose Cobalt for H2 Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked many times about researchers using cobalt in either fuel cells to produce electricity or to produce hydrogen from water. In August 2008 I had talked about how researchers at MIT had turned to cobalt and phosphate to produce cheap and abundant hydrogen. Now researchers at University of Cambridge in the UK have made • Read More »
Non-Platinum Catalyst for Cheaper Fuel Cells
January 14, 2021 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Non-Platinum Catalyst for Cheaper Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.For years, hydrogen fuel has been viewed through two prisms including the ability to give us a potential solution for long-term ethical energy, and the mass challenges that we face in turning hydrogen into an affordable form of fuel in the long-term. Along these lines, there has been a push for a development of non-platinum • Read More »
Working on Catalyst for Solar – Hydrogen Production
December 4, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Working on Catalyst for Solar – Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source are working on a more robust catalyst to be used in solar – hydrogen production. The scientists are x-raying cobalt-based thin films to determine their reactive properties. According to the Brookhaven National Laboratory, “Due to the mechanical and electrical complexity of the water-splitting reaction, there are many requirements • Read More »
Solar Water Splitting Method in South Korea Breaks Record
September 26, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Solar Water Splitting Method in South Korea Breaks Record | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea have created an iron oxide (hematite) photoanode. Since rust never sleeps, this iron oxide photoanode has broken the record in efficiency for solar-hydrogen production at 5.3 percent. The previous record was set by some Swiss scientists at 4.2 percent efficiency. According to UNIST, • Read More »
DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis
September 3, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) together with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) have developed a unique artificial photosynthesis component for the creation of hydrogen from water. According to Berkeley Lab, “The new JCAP photocathode construct consists of the semiconductor gallium phosphide and a molecular cobalt-containing hydrogen • Read More »
Is Iron the New Platinum?
April 3, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Is iron the new platinum? Two new research studies seem to think so. Now, I’ve talked about iron many times over the years as one of the platinum-free elements in fuel cells and during electrolysis to produce hydrogen. Two different research teams from the Canada and the U. S. have conducted independent research on low • Read More »
Italy and India Team Up for Cheap Hydrogen Production
January 16, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked about the many advantages (and few disadvantages) of using ammonia borane (NH3BH3) in the past as a chemical carrier for hydrogen. Universities all over the world have been working on simple, effective and cheap methods to turn ammonia borane into hydrogen gas. Now, student researchers from the University of Trento, Italy and the • Read More »