By Tien Nguyen
Department of Chemistry
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016
New findings from Princeton University provide an initial step towards developing a reaction to convert ammonia gas into hydrogen gas, a promising and clean burning alternative fuel. Ammonia (NH3) is an attractive source for hydrogen (H2) because it’s much easier to transport and store.
According to the study published in Science, the team found that when ammonia is attached to a special molybdenum-based compound, its bonds were weakened and released hydrogen gas under gentle heating. “It’s a way of generating hydrogen that takes advantage of the bond weakening phenomenon and serves as a proof of concept,” said lead author Máté Bezdek, a graduate student in the Chirik lab….
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