In practice, increasing the efficiency of obtaining hydrogen on non-platinum catalysts is achieved by increasing the surface area of the catalyst. RatioCAT, on the other hand, combines the team’s previous findings related to the acceleration of hydrogen production at metal/graphene phase boundaries with the known effects of the metal/metal-oxide interface, aiming to forming complex phase boundaries that accelerate individual steps in the hydrogen evolution reaction mechanism, making this process much more efficient than on classic non-platinum catalysts. Unlike the standard trial-and-error experimental approach, we use rational computational design to identify potential candidates for new catalysts, which will then be synthesized and experimentally tested.
