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March 15, 2016

Efficiency of water electrolysis doubled
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2016
Water electrolysis has not yet established itself as a method for the production of hydrogen. Too much energy is lost in the process. Researchers have now doubled the efficiency of the reaction. In the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Technical University of Munich and Universiteit Leiden report in what way the efficiency of electrodes can be increased for the purpose of water electrolysis. Typically, platinum is applied as catalyst, in order to ac ... read more

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