Monday, November 16, 2015

Weird Catalytic Science

James Tour, winner of the 2008 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in the Experimental category, and his collaborators, found graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms is an effective, durable catalyst for the production of hydrogen from water. So reports the Foresight Institute, hat tip to Instapundit for the link.

Imagine using electric power from the solar panels on your roof to split rain water from your cistern into fuel for your car, with the aid of this catalyst. Talk about no carbon, low impact power ... this could be a game changer. It is much cheaper than the platinum catalysts now used.

Faster, please ....