Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Production

The silver bullet in hydrogen production may actually be made out of titanium dioxide. At least this is what Associate Professor Darren Sun at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is saying. Under the category of the “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread and Ginsu Knives” Professor Sun has invented the Multi-use Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). When combined with • Read More »

Two researchers from the University of Delaware, Erik Koepf and Michael Giuliano spent a couple of months in Switzerland working on a novel sunlight-driven water-splitting device. The initial tests proved that solar fuel (aka hydrogen) could be produced using sunlight, mirrors (no smoke), a reactant and water. According to the University of Delaware, “Koepf’s reactor • Read More »

University of Buffalo researchers have discovered that hydrogen on demand may be accomplished simply by adding water to nano-particle sized silica. The researchers believe they can produce more hydrogen using this method that other common methods such as using aluminum. According to the University of Buffalo, “In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical • Read More »

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 »

I have to give credit to Audi for thinking ahead in regard to where the automotive industry is headed. Not only is Audi thinking about the ideal transition to hydrogen but the interim step of natural gas vehicles as well. And that is why in Germany Audi is the first car manufacturer in the world • Read More »

Neil Young once sang, “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.” But that’s not how the researchers at Technion see it in regard to hydrogen production. The Technion team from Israel is using a combination of solar energy, photoelectrolysis, iron oxide (rust), and ultrathin films at a nanoscale to produce hydrogen cheaply • Read More »

Well, you just got to pee it to believe it. That’s what some schoolgirls in Nigeria, Africa are saying. They have created an electrolytic cell that takes in urine and outputs hydrogen. The teenage girls presented their new invention at the Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. The girls are Bello Eniola (15), Akindele • Read More »