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Watching a critical green-energy catalyst dissolve, atom by atom

  • February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Watching a critical green-energy catalyst dissolve, atom by atom
Iridium oxide is one of the most important—and most problematic—materials in the global push toward clean energy. It is currently the most reliable catalyst used in the conversion of energy to chemicals by electrolysis, a process that uses electricity to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen.

Originally published at Phys.org

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