Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) created a solar-powered artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis. Alain Herzog / EPFL Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Two studies published this week explore innovative ways to produce hydrogen fuels through solar energy, one via a catalyst and another via a solar-powered artificial leaf device. Both methods mimic photosynthesis to produce hydrogen in more efficient and sustainable ways. Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a catalyst to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. The catalyst, which has reached 9% efficiency, is about 10 times more efficient than other similar methods of solar water-splitting. The…
Can Hydrogen Fuels Be Produced With Solar Energy? New Tech Advances Include an ‘Artificial Leaf’
