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Researching towards a more efficient hydrogen production: Stefan Barwe and his colleagues
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Chemistry

Self-healing catalyst films for hydrogen production

Chemically aggressive conditions prevail during the manufacture of hydrogen from water. This wears out the catalysts used. It would be practical if they were to regenerate themselves.

RUB Chemists have developed a catalyst for hydrogen production with self-healing properties. Hydrogen is considered an energy source of the future. However, finding stable and efficient catalysts to synthesise it is a challenge. This synthesis takes place using water electrolysis, with hydrogen created at one electrode and oxygen at the other. The electrodes are covered with a catalyst film, which is attacked during the reaction and becomes less effective.

A team involving Stefan Barwe, Prof Dr Wolfgang Schuhmann and Dr Edgar Ventosa from the Bochum Centre for Electrochemical Sciences added catalyst nanoparticles in the form of a powder to the solution, which surrounds the electrodes. They pumped the particles through the electrode chambers, where they deposited on the electrode surface. The catalyst film thus forms by itself.

The international team from the Bochum Centre for Electrochemical Sciences is working on sophisticated materials for hydrogen synthesis: Stefan Barwe, Dr Corina Andronescu, Prof Dr Wolfgang Schuhmann and Dr Justus Masa (from left to right)
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Via the same mechanism, the catalyst surface regenerated during the reaction. New nanoparticles from the solution moved to the electrodes, where they freshened up the worn catalyst film.

The team from the cluster of excellence Resolv reports on this in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Published
Friday
26 May 2017
9.20 AM
By
Julia Weiler (jwe)
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