Chinese-American professors study the use of corn shells to produce cheap hydrogen fuel

The research team of Zhang Yiheng, a Chinese-American professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and State University, has developed a technology to make discarded corn shells and leaf shanks into hydrogen fuel, foreign media
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reported. In the future, it is expected that these widespread bio-wastes will be used to make cheap hydrogen fuels for cars without polluting the environment.study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study, led by former doctoral student Lorraine, is based on previous studies using wood sugar as a fuel.Previously, hydrogen fuels were made from processed sugars, and this time bio-waste was used to convert plant sugars in corn shells,
100%
into hydrogen energy, without producing additional carbon dioxide.Reportedly, to achieve
100%
conversion, the key is to use a solution mixed with ten enzymes, mixed with corn shell and leaf handle, so that the glucose and wood sugar in the raw material can be used at the same time, so that the conversion efficiency is much higher than the previous
30%
to
60%
. Conversion facilities are the same size as oil stations, can reduce costs and are easy to produce, and are expected to accelerate the development of hydrogen-powered vehicles.