Paper by Prof. Kakinuma and his colleagues was selected to be featured on the back cover of the journal.

August 02, 2024

　A paper by Professor Katsuyoshi Kakinuma and Assistant Professor Guoyu Shi of the Clean Energy Research Center and Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, “Nanostructured Pt-NiFe Oxide Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Electrolyte Membrane Water Electrolyzers” was published in ACS Catalysis by the American Chemical Society, and was selected to be featured on the supplementary cover of the journal.
　In this paper, the invention of a new electrocatalyst for clean hydrogen generation in alkaline electrolyte membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) was reported. This catalyst has shown promise in enhancing the catalytic activity with high durability at the hydrogen electrode, even though the noble metal loading amount is lower than that in conventionally used catalysts. Professor Kakinuma commented that this new catalyst for the hydrogen electrode will contribute to the realization of an AEM-based water electrolyzer in the near future.