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Scientists combine desalination and electrolysis to produce clean hydrogen fuel

Scientists in China have developed an integrated system that is one of the first practical and scalable methods for generating hydrogen fuel from non-potable water. Find out about the chemistry behind the method and download this story and a summary slide for secondary school ages 14–16 to give a new context for the study of electrolysis.

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