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hypersolar-creates-commercially-viable-hydrogen-evolution-catalyst
hypersolar-creates-commercially-viable-hydrogen-evolution-catalyst

HyperSolar creates commercially viable hydrogen evolution catalyst

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HyperSolar Inc., developer of renewable hydrogen (H2) technology using sunlight and water, has demonstrated significant cost reductions to green H2 by replacing expensive platinum material compounds with new, low-cost ruthenium/carbon/nitrogen-based H2 evolution catalyst.

With help from Professor Jong-Beom Baek and his research group at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) based in South Korea, HyperSolar developed a new catalyst that is 20x cheaper than the current platinum one and equally functional.

HyperSolar integrated this ruthenium-based catalyst for H2 evolution with its proprietary low-cost catalyst for oxygen evolution onto a triple junction silicon solar cell. The HyperSolar device clearly demonstrated the production of copious amounts of H2 and oxygen bubbles under water within a minute of exposure to simulated sunlight.

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