Yi Cui

Education and Research

Used in some lithium-based batteries to increase charge storage, but their frail nature leads to problematic charge/discharge cycles.

A device that uses electrical energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gases. The Stanford catalyst is a single-catalyst, low-voltage water splitter.

Technological advances in nanotechnology are making the production of hydrogen fuel cells more viable.

California

Stanford University researchers developed a new low-voltage, single-catalyst water splitter using nickel-iron oxide that can generate hydrogen and oxygen for more than 200 hours with improved efficiency compared to conventional catalysts.

A low-voltage water splitter using nickel-iron oxide catalyst that can generate hydrogen and oxygen for more than 200 hours. The catalyst is inexpensive and significantly more efficient than conventional platinum-based catalysts used in fuel cells.