New System for Turning Seawater into Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers at the DoE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have found a way to tease hydrogen out of the ocean by funneling seawater through a double-membrane system and electricity. The design successfully generated hydrogen gas without producing large amounts of harmful byproducts. The results, published in Joule, could help advance efforts to produce low-carbon fuels.