Unassisted Water Splitting Using Hematite and Silicon Absorbers (IMAGE)

Boston College

Unassisted Water Splitting Using Hematite and Silicon Absorbers

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Water splitting combines sunlight and water in a chemical reaction in order to harvest clean hydrogen energy. By smoothing the surface of hematite, a team of researchers led by Boston College chemist Dunwei Wang achieved 'unassisted' water splitting using the abundant rust-like mineral and silicon to capture and store solar energy within hydrogen gas.

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