Breakthrough in quest for solar hydrogen production

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Bubbles form during water oxidation, catalyzed by the new tetra-cobalt WOC (Photo: Benjamin Yin)

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Scientists at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, have built on feats of Mother Nature to develop the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, which they hope will lead to producing clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight. Could cars of the future be powered by water and a solar collector on the roof?

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