Water Splitting

Electrolysis is a viable method for generating carbon-free hydrogen from water. Electrolysis is the process of splitting water into its constituents hydrogen and oxygen using electricity. An electrolyzer is used to carry out this reaction. Electrolyzers vary in size and can be fabricated depending upon the need of hydrogen production. A small electrolyzer is sufficient to serve a domestic facility whereas a large scale commercial one is needed to serve an industrial facilities.

Electrolyzers are mostly powered by an external power source to run the process of water electrolysis. Therefore it is always good to use renewable energy resources to power an electrolyzer so that the use of fossil fossils can be avoided and the approach will be sustainable in nature.

In our group we are working on developing state of the art electrocatalysts which are cost effective, sustainable and robust to serve the purpose of sea/hard water splitting.