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Hydrogen mission: Thrice as nice February 14, 2021 All aboard: The long-awaited National Mission on Hydrogen looks imminent, given its mention in the Budget speech   -  ISTOCK.COM All aboard: The long-awaited National Mission on Hydrogen looks imminent, given its mention in the Budget speech   -  ISTOCK.COM× To power its economy with pocket-friendly green hydrogen, India need look no further than its farmlands Biezel Green Energy (BGE) is not a known name, except perhaps in the vicinity of Varanasi, where the company has a production unit. But what the company is doing may be a good ind...

× Researchers C Sathiskumar, C Alex and Neena S John at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, a unit of the Department of Science and Technology, have developed a catalyst to make low-cost hydrogen peroxide, a useful chemical. They synthesised a composite chemical called nickel cobalt phosphite (NiCo-Phi) decorated with carbon nanotubes. The chemical functioned as a catalyst for two reactions — oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction. Usually, reduction reactions — gaining electrons — of transition metal phosphorous oxy compounds end up in the formation of hydroxyl. However, in t...