How fine bubbles lead to more efficient catalysts

Newly discovered effect boosts productivity of green hydrogen transport processes

21-Nov-2022 - Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles ...

Catalyst technology for mobile use of liquid hydrogen storage systems

07-Jun-2022 - In the research project "Power density hydrogen release from LOHC systems on mobile platforms", the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg (HI ERN) have developed an efficient and stable surface catalyst for the release of hydrogen from liquid ...

X-ray view into hydrogen production

Analysis points the way to more durable iridium electrodes

23-Dec-2021 - Green hydrogen is expected to play a central role in the energy industry of the future: Among other things, it can replace oil and gas as energy carriers and also enable emission-free production of steel and cement. For an efficient hydrogen economy, however, the production of the ...

From greenhouse gas to valuable basic chemicals

Ionic liquids help to understand the electrocatalytic conversion of CO₂

20-Aug-2020 - The conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons and other basic chemicals is important if we are to have a sustainable economy in the future. Researchers at the TU Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy have now decoded major steps in electrochemical ...