US-based researchers discovered a new way to split water. Image source: Shutterstock (#128912738)
Researchers from Rice University and the University of Houston managed to create a core/shell photoanode for solar water splitting that is both efficient and easily manufactured. As a result, sunlight can be used to split water using artificial photosynthesis material. An additional benefit is that the team can use three materials abundant in nature, iron, manganese and phosphorus. The project was supported by The National Science Foundation, the Robert A. Welch Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Rice University.
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