CityUHK Researchers Use Vibrations to Produce Clean Fuels and Chemicals from Water
Researchers at City University of Hong Kong, led by Professor Sai Kishore Ravi, have demonstrated how mechanical vibrations can be used to produce clean fuels and chemicals from water. Their studies, published in Nature Communications and Advanced Energy Materials, focus on vibration-driven hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen generation using piezoelectric materials. By enhancing charge utilization through structural tuning, the team achieved a sixteen-fold increase in hydrogen production, advancing the emerging field of piezosynthesis for sustainable chemical synthesis.
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thetribune broke this story on 24 Jul, 09:37 am. Other outlets followed.