TEHRAN -- Iranian researchers have produced hydrogen for nanocone-shaped electrocatalysts through deposition method which reduces the amount of energy consumption in hydrogen production.
“We used the electrochemical deposition method to synthesize cone-shaped nanostructures. In other words, for the first time, we used conical nanostructures for hydrogen production electrocatalyst by electrochemical deposition method,” Qassem Barati Darband, a faculty member of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in the field of materials engineering and metallurgy, told ANA.
He explained that in the electrochemical deposition method, the in-situ formation of electrocatalysts without glue happens which leads to a decrease in resistance and, as a result, an increase in electrocatalytic activity.
“The development created by this method is that it reduces the amount of hydrogen consumption in the electrochemical splitting of water, and the best electrode used in water electrolysis is the platinum electrode,” Barati Darband said.
In February, Iranian researchers at a knowledge-based company stationed at the Science and Technology Park of the University of Science and Technology had succeeded in designing and making hydrogen-producing electrolyzers by using nano membranes with application in steel industry.