Add Nickel For Cheaper Water Splitting

By tweaking the amount of nickel, researchers have developed a method to increase the efficiency of molybdenum disulphide (Mo2S) catalysts. Their results, published in Science Advances, could make hydrogen production cheaper and greener.

The rapid increase in the global consumption of fossil fuels has not only depleted our supply of the limited resource but also caused environmental damage. As a result, many areas of research are now focused on finding sources of clean, sustainable energy to replace fossil fuels.

“Artificial conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels—mimicking what Nature does—has attracted tremendous attention over the past few decades,” said study corresponding author Liu Bin, an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University.

“Among the many systems that have been proposed, solar water splitting for hydrogen production is the most attractive one. Hydrogen evolution reaction, known as HER, is one of the important processes to realize practical solar water splitting,” Liu told Asian Scientist Magazine.

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