Oxygen-platinum bonding to improve fuel cells
December 1, 2004 | Source: KurzweilAI
Emory University researchers have created stable multiple chemical bonds between oxygen and platinum — once thought impossible because oxygen is extremely unstable when combined with certain metals.
Until this work, attempts to create metal-oxo species with elements such as gold, platinum, silver, iridium and rhodium have been unsuccessful. The breakthrough holds the potential for numerous applications in fuel cells, catalytic converters and emerging “green” chemistry.