Developing technologies to reduce the cost of green hydrogen production

Green hydrogen, which produces hydrogen without the use of fossil fuels or the emission of carbon dioxide, has become increasingly important in recent years as part of efforts to realize a decarbonized economy. However, due to the high production cost of water electrolysis devices that produce green hydrogen, the economic feasibility of green hydrogen has not been very high. However, the development of a technology that drastically reduces the amount of rare metals such as iridium and platinum used in polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis devices is opening the way to lower production costs.
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Researchers improve the solubility of redox molecules for enhanced energy storage systems

Dominant battery technologies using flammable, toxic, unsustainable, and expensive energy sources are a major contributor to climate change. Switching from fossil fuels to cleaner and environmentally friendly energy sources is thus crucial to curtail the impacts of climate change. This transition can be supported by improving the efficiency of energy storage systems for safer and stable operations, sustainability, high energy/ power density.
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The end of the internal-combustion car: Why competition is vital to bringing about cleaner transport

On 7 March 2023, just as the European Council was preparing to vote on a ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine cars in Europe from 2035, something went wrong: Germany, whose vote was essential for the measure to be approved, and a coalition of six other European countries blocked the vote on the text, pushing the legislation back indefinitely.
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Capturing electricity with an effective and reliable same-parent thermoelectric module

As one of the most promising solutions to improve the utilization efficiency of fossil fuels and alleviate environmental pollution, thermoelectric (TE) power generation technology has the advantages of solid-state operation, working without moving parts, free maintenance, and extended service. Over the past decades, considerable efforts have been made to improve the performance of TE materials. And some excellent alloys appear, such as IV-VI compounds (e.g. SnSe, GeTe, and PbSe), skutterudites, and Cu2Se.
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