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Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel
Bubbles form during water oxidation, catalyzed by a new tetra-cobalt water oxidation catalyst. The new catalyst, the most effective catalyst so far for water oxidation -- a crucial component in generating hydrogen fuel from water -- was developed by researchers in the lab of Emory University professor of chemistry Craig Hill.
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The water oxidation catalyst research is a component of the Emory Bio-inspired Renewable Energy Center (EBREC), which aims to mimic natural processes such as photosynthesis to generate clean fuel. The long-term goal is to use sunlight to split water into oxygen and hydrogen. Hydrogen becomes the fuel. Its combustion produces the byproduct of water, which flows back into a clean, green, renewable cycle.
To read more about this research, see the Emory news story Water oxidation advance boosts potential for solar fuel. (Date of Image: 2010)
Credit: Laboratory of Craig L. Hill; photos courtesy of Zhuangqun "Teddy" Huang
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