SLAC, Stanford Team Finds a Tough New Catalyst for Use in Renewable Fuels Production | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC, Stanford Team Finds a Tough New Catalyst for Use in Renewable Fuels Production | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a tough new catalyst that carries out a solar-powered reaction 100 times faster than ever before, works better as time goes on and stands up to acid.
And because it requires less of the rare and costly metal iridium, it could bring down the cost of a process that mimics photosynthesis by using sunlight to split water molecules – a key step in a renewable, sustainable pathway to produce hydrogen or carbon-based fuels that can power a broad range of energy technologies.The team published their results today in the journal Science.