One of the biggest challenges in making hydrogen
production clean and cheap has been finding an alternative catalyst
necessary for the chemical reaction that produces the gas, one that
is much cheaper and abundant than the very expensive and rare
platinum that is currently used. Researchers in Korea have now
found a way to ‘snip’ into tiny nanoribbons a cheap and plentiful
substance that fits the bill, boosting its catalytic efficiency to
at least that of platinum.
Chemical scissors snip 2-D transition metal dichalcogenides
into nanoribbon
