Team develops approach for creating efficient catalysts that produce clean hydrogen gas from water (IMAGE)

Tsinghua University Press

Team develops approach for creating efficient catalysts that produce clean hydrogen gas from water

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A research team constructed a precisely designed polyoxometalate-derived cluster heterostructure and tuned the interface between molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) and vanadium trioxide (V2O3). This process resulted in dramatically accelerated water splitting and H2 production. With this approach, low-cost non-precious metal catalysts can achieve performance close to — or even superior to — expensive platinum catalysts at high current densities.

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Polyoxometalates, Tsinghua University Press

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