Popeye Would Approve: Spinach Could Hold Key to Renewable Fuel Cell Catalysts
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Popeye would approve: Spinach could hold key to renewable fuel cell catalysts:
When it comes to making efficient fuel cells, it's all about the catalyst. A good catalyst will result in faster, more efficient chemical reactions and, thus, increased energy output. Today's fuel cells typically rely on platinum-based catalysts. But scientists at American University believe that spinach-considered a "superfood" because it is so packed with nutrients-would make an excellent renewable carbon-rich catalyst, based on their proof-of-principle experiments described in a recent paper published in the journal ACS Omega. Popeye would definitely approve.
Journal Reference:
Spinach-Derived Porous Carbon Nanosheets as High-Performance Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction [open], ACS Omega (DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02673)
Gabriel LeBlanc, Gongping Chen, Evan A. Gizzie, et al. Enhanced Photocurrents of Photosystem I Films on pDoped Silicon, Advanced Materials (DOI: 10.1002/adma.201202794
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