Research could dramatically extend the lifetime of devices needed to turn hydrogen green.
Research could dramatically extend the lifetime of devices needed to turn hydrogen green.
Left unchecked, corrosion can rust out cars and pipes, take down buildings and bridges, and eat away at our monuments.
Corrosion can also damage devices that could be key to a clean energy future. And now, Duke University researchers have captured extreme close-ups of that process in action.
“By studying how and why renewable energy devices break down over time, we might be able to extend their lifetime,” said chemistry professor and senior author Ivan Moreno-Hernandez.
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Image: Duke chemist Ivan Moreno-Hernandez (left) and his Ph.D. student Avery Vigil (right) use a technique called liquid phase electron microscopy to watch chemical processes in action. (Photo by Justin Cook)
