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New Materials could turn Water into the Fuel of the Future

New materials are created through deposition onto disks, which are then tested to determine their properties. Credit: Caltech

New materials are created through deposition onto disks, which are then tested to determine their properties. Credit: Caltech

A new materials discovery approach puts solar fuels on the fast track to commercial viability. Combining computational with experimental approaches, researchers identify 12 new materials with use in solar fuels generators. Researchers at Caltech and Berkeley Lab have – in just 2 years – nearly doubled the number of materials known to have potential for use in solar fuels.

Researchers are exploring a range of target fuels, from hydrogen gas to liquid hydrocarbons, and producing any of these fuels involves splitting water...

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