Argonne researchers look to hydrogen extraction from carbohydrates in biomass

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Friday, May 27, 2011

In its aim to find ways of harvesting hydrogen based on plant material sources, Argonne National Laboratory scientists are now looking at another option of effectively extracting the element from biomass. Carbohydrates, the sugar that plants produce in the occurrence of photosynthesis, are the next source material that scientists are considering to harvest hydrogen from.

Argonne’s materials scientist Christopher Marshall will be using a biologically-inspired synthesized catalyst to get hydrogen from biomass. His group is studying to use platinum and platinum molybdenum hybrid catalyst to come up with the element on the plant-based material.

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