Efficient hydrogen production made easy: Sticking electrons to a semiconductor with hydrazine creates an electrocatalyst
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In the 2015 movie "The Martian," stranded astronaut Matt Damon turns to the chemistry of rocket fuel, hydrazine and hydrogen, to create lifesaving water and nearly blows himself up. But if you turn the process around and get the hydrazine to help, you create hydrogen from water by changing conductivity in a semiconductor, a transformation with wide potential applications in energy and electronics.