Scientists from the Federal Research Center (FRC) for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences have patented a method for producing hydrogen by interacting aluminum nanoparticles with water under the influence of laser pulses.
“A method has been developed for producing hydrogen by interacting aluminum nanoparticles with water under the action of laser pulses. This work has been patented and international patenting is underway, because there are no analogues of this approach in the literature and in the patent office”, – said Zinfer Ismagilov, Director of the Institute of Coal Chemistry and Chemical Materials Science of the FRC, at a meeting of the Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on Friday.
He added that aluminum interacts well with water, but aluminum particles are covered with an oxide shell. “Under the influence of a laser, a particle of metallic aluminum is absorbed in the center, in the core the aluminum heats up and breaks the oxide shell, so we get a completely new source for producing hydrogen“, he explained.
