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Is a new hydrogen fuel purification membrane paving the door for a more environmentally friendly future?

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  For a variety of reasons, hydrogen has been heralded as the "future fuel." Hydrogen, for starters, has a larger energy yield than the commonly used hydrocarbons. Second, by eliminating the use of exhaustible and polluting fossil fuels, the commercial usage of hydrogen fuel, which produces only water as a byproduct, could assist to address the impending global warming issue. As a result, ongoing research has focused on more efficient and environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel production methods. Hydrogen is a clean fuel source, but purification has been difficult up until recently. Now, a group of scientists has figured out a way to filter hydrogen from other gases by describing a hybrid separation membrane. In view of the present global warming dilemma, the researchers are hopeful that their new membrane will make hydrogen fuel use more efficient and cost-effective. The researchers first created an organic-inorganic hybrid polymeric membrane, which was principally made ...