Bio Inspired Hydrogen Generation

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Electrolysis uses Electrical Energy to convert Water into the Clean Fuel, Hydrogen, with pure Oxygen as a bi-product. This Bio Inspired Hydrogen Generation project, using inspiration from Nature, will develop a new Electrolysis Technology, more simple and efficient than any known to operate from pure water and renewably generated electricity.Key resultsThe project has achieved all of the aims it set out to accomplish. It has successfully demonstrated the hypothesis on which it was based, namely, that an Earth-abundant, bio-inspired catalyst undertaking ‘bubble-free hydrogen generation’ could convert near-neutral water into hydrogen at a high level of efficiency. Thus far, project work has resulted in 9 research publications (7 published, 2 submitted).The Final Outcome of the project has been the development of a prototype – a highly efficient, multi-cell hydrogen generating electrolyser, operating from water under mild chemical conditions and employing low-cost abundant-earth materials. The prototype allows for a detailed analysis of the commercial potential of the technology, including product costings, business model and preliminary market assessment, which will be carried out next by the lead investigators. The prototype will also provide a working example of the system for potential future investors. A patent application protecting the technology has been filed.The project has successfully demonstrated the hypothesis on which it was based, namely, that an Earth-abundant, bio-inspired catalyst undertaking bubble-free hydrogen generation could convert near-neutral water into hydrogen at low energy.

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