"Dirt-Cheap Catalyst May Lower Fuel Costs for Hydrogen-Powered Cars"
Sandia National LaboratoriesBringing closer a mass market for environmentally friendly hydrogen-powered cars, Sandia researchers are upgrading $0.37/gram molybdenum disulfide, "molly" for short, to take the place of $1,500/gram catalyst platinum. Unlike gasoline, hydrogen as fuel releases water, not carbon, into the air.