Changing one ingredient used to create green hydrogen could multiply its production up to 80 times, according to an experiment undertaken by Australian researchers.
The finding could help producers cut emissions from hard-to-abate industries including aviation, shipping and steel production, though more trials would be needed to prove the process worked outside a laboratory.
Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, in addition to two Chinese institutions, released the results of their experiments on Tuesday in a peer-reviewed energy and environment journal.
The results come after several large resource companies suffered setbacks in their efforts to produce the green fuel, with production facilities cancelled in states including Queensland and Western Australia due to rising costs.
Green hydrogen has long been forecast to play a role in cutting greenhouse gases from challenging areas of the transport industry, such as road freight and shipping, as well as reducing emissions from the production of iron and steel.
