02 Sep 2010 Register / Login F F F
10 Apr 2008

Chemists reveal 'breakthrough' hydrogen production process

Researchers from Virginia Tech have been describing a "revolutionary" process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen.

This breakthrough process involves mixing plant sugars, water and enzymes to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

These latest developments were put under the spotlight at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, where it was described as the world's most "efficient method" of producing hydrogen.

Percival Zhang, a lead researcher and biochemical engineer at Virginia Tech, said: "This is revolutionary work … This has opened up a whole new direction in hydrogen research. With technology improvement, sugar-powered vehicles could come true eventually."

Chemists also believe they can produce hydrogen from cellulose, which has a chemical formula similar to that of starch.

The 2008 American Chemical Society annual meeting is taking place in New Orleans and ends today.

http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage8656.html
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content


ADNFCR-733-ID-18545667-ADNFCR© Adfero Ltd

Source: Adfero

RELATED ARTICLES

Related Organisations