Mechanism of Cobalt-Manganese Catalysts Unveiled
Material Science
Bochum research team: Dr. Pouya Hosseini, Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik, Prof. Dr. Tong Li and Biao He (from left). © RUB, Kramer
Hydrogen can be efficiently produced from water using manganese-containing cobalt spinel catalysts. Unlike expensive noble metal catalysts, these are cost-effective and stable due to their manganese content.
Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum (Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik, Prof. Dr. Tong Li und Biao He), Max Planck Institutes for Sustainable Materials (Dr. Pouya Hosseini) and for Chemical Energy Conversion, Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Duisburg-Essen have discovered that manganese dissolves and reattaches during the reaction, enhancing stability. Their findings are published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.