Better Separation of Hydrogen from Water with Moly Catalyst

TCE Today reported that chemical engineers from Stanford University, located in the United States, and Denmark’s Aarhus University believe that a new catalyst based on “an unusual form of molybdenum sulphide” can separate hydrogen from water almost as efficiently as platinum.

As quoted in the market news:

At present, hydrogen, used on a large scale in processes such as fertiliser production and oil refining, is made from methane, which releases CO2, at a cost of US$1-2/kg. The researchers, led by Stanford’s Jakob Kibsgaard, say hydrogen could be produced using their catalyst at a similar price without releasing CO2.

Thomas Jaramillo, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Stanford and one of the researchers, commented:

There are many pieces of the puzzle still needed to make this work, and much effort ahead to realise them. However, we can get huge returns by moving from carbon-intensive resources to renewable, sustainable technologies to produce the chemicals we need for food and energy.

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