New porous material promising for making renewable energy from water
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New porous material promising for making renewable energy from water

by Linköping University

Cubic silicon carbide in water. Credit: Thor Balkhed/LiU

One prospective source of renewable energy is hydrogen gas produced from water with the aid of sunlight. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a material, nanoporous cubic silicon carbide, that exhibits promising properties to capture solar energy and split water for hydrogen gas production. The study has been published in the journal ACS Nano.