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Mon Oct 28, 2024, 10:22 PM Oct 28

KAIST Develops a Fire-risk Free Self-Powered Hydrogen Production System​

https://news.kaist.ac.kr/newsen/html/news/?mode=V&mng_no=40730
KAIST Develops a Fire-risk Free Self-Powered Hydrogen Production System​
Date : 2024-10-22
KAIST researchers have developed a new hydrogen production system that overcomes the current limitations of green hydrogen production. By using a water-splitting system with an aqueous electrolyte, this system is expected to block fire risks and enable stable hydrogen production.

KAIST (represented by President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 22nd of October that a research team led by Professor Jeung Ku Kang from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering developed a self-powered hydrogen production system based on a high-performance zinc-air battery*.



The team incorporated the developed catalyst material into the air cathode of a zinc-air battery, confirming that it achieved approximately five times higher energy density (797Wh/kg), high power characteristics (275.8mW/cm²), and long-term stability even under repeated charge and discharge conditions compared to conventional batteries.



Professor Kang explained, "By developing a catalyst material with high activity and durability for three different electrochemical catalytic reactions at low temperatures using simple methods, the self-powered hydrogen production system we implemented based on zinc-air batteries presents a new breakthrough to overcome the current limitations of green hydrogen production."

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202408869
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