Use of Nanotechnology in Hydrogen Production

Researchers from the University of Vermont in the U.S. have developed a method for using nanotechnology to create membranes that could improve the process of using sunlight to split water into oxygen and hydrogen to produce electricity. Researcher Walter Varhue said, “If the current efficiency of 6 percent can be increased to 10 percent, you could have farms across the country making hydrogen instead of growing corn.” Varhue further said that the new nanotechnology-based technique could potentially resolve many of the challenges to hydrogen production, storage, and transportation.

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