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New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future
- gus_massa 10y agoThe title is misleading, it looks like a linkbait generated by a funny xkcd substitution. The article is a copy of the a press release. Other sites have almost the same title and text: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/ciot-nmc030617.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/ciot-nmc0306... https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170306151722.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170306151722.h... The original source is: http://www.caltech.edu/news/new-materials-could-turn-water-fuel-future-54294 http://www.caltech.edu/news/new-materials-could-turn-water-f... So Caltech is guilty of the horrible title. The "new materials" are some new vanadates. They are using them as catalyst to use solar power for something like an electrolysis that produces hydrogen and oxygen from water. I'm not sure, but they may try to add some carbon to produce a more stable fuel instead of hydrogen. A better title is: "New material could help to use solar power to produce the fuel of the future"