A team of Swiss chemical engineers from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) developed a device for technology solar that produces hydrogen fuel gas from moisture in the air, according to an agency report efe.
The researchers explained today through a statement that they have managed to develop a new type of gas diffusion electrodes, transparent, porous and conductive. These make it possible to convert water in a gaseous state into hydrogen fuel.
With a solar-powered artificial leaf, EPFL chemical engineer Kevin Sivula and his team have made a significant step toward bringing a device that can harvest water from the air and provide hydrogen fuel. https://t.co/yYCJWQ0sjB
— EPFL (@EPFL_en) January 4, 2023
“To achieve a sustainable society, we need ways to store renewable energy in the form of chemical substances that can be used as fuels and raw materials in industry,” said the leader of the research team, Kevin Sivula, quoted by the agency.
The scientists were inspired by the process of photosynthesis in plants, which allows plants to collect carbon dioxide and moisture from their surroundings and convert it into energy using sunlight.
Sivula’s team had previously shown that artificial photosynthesis processes can generate hydrogen fuel from liquid water.
The researchers’ efforts are now focused on optimizing this system in order to develop new ways of obtaining liquid fuels from hydrogen.
With information from Efe.
