Boosting Hydrogen Electrochemical Production-with Eggs
LabRoot | February 22, 2018
We are not talking about cracking open eggs and put them into hydrogen fuel cells (not even during Easter). Chemical researchers from the Osaka City University (OCU) have reported their innovative idea of producing carbon-free hydrogen using a photocatalytic matrix made of an egg white ingredient, lysozymes. Even though hydrogen fuel cell is considered an ideal way to power vehicles due to zero carbon emission at the tailpipe, the current landscape of hydrogen production easily destroyed the "green" image of the technology. The majority of hydrogen is made from natural gas, only a small quantity by other routes such as biomass gasification or electrolysis of water. With millions of tonnes of CO2generated from hydrogen production, fuel cell technology is nowhere to be close carbon-free.