A reaction cell tests copper-iron plasmonic photocatalysts for hydrogen production from ammonia. Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University
Rice University researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy. Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalyst that needs only the power of light to convert ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
The research is published online today in the journal Science.
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