Solar water splitting using cobalt nano-islands

Education and Research

Education and Research

Energy policy and research

A process that uses solar energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, enabling direct conversion of sunlight into chemical energy stored in hydrogen fuel.

Small cobalt nanostructures deposited on silicon wafers to facilitate the water-splitting reaction, representing an alternative to conventional catalyst layer approaches.

A vehicle that uses a fuel cell to convert chemical energy into electricity to power its motor.

Missouri

A research project developing a novel system using silicon wafers covered in cobalt nano-islands to split water into hydrogen and oxygen using solar energy, with the goal of storing solar power as hydrogen fuel.