New Hydrogen-Producing method shows energy-efficient route

A team of researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has developed hydrogen manufacturing route which increases its production three times and lowers the energy required that could pave the way towards environment-friendly hydrogen fuel at a lower cost.

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As a fuel, hydrogen has a critical role to play in driving the paradigm shift towards a green and sustainable economy.

In addition to having about three-fold higher calorific value compared to non-renewable energy sources such as coal and gasoline, the combustion of hydrogen to release energy produces water and is thus completely non-polluting.

Due to the extremely low abundance of molecular hydrogen in the earth’s atmosphere, electric-field driven breakdown of water is an attractive route for production of hydrogen.