Researchers at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill have created a new way to use sunlight to split water and extract the hydrogen for fuel. Tom Meyer and his team have invented a dye-sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cell, or DSPEC to do the water splitting. According to UNC, “The new system designed by Meyer and • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Fuel Production
HyperSolar Takes Another Step Toward Solar-Hydrogen Production
December 10, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked about HyperSolar several times before over the past couple of years. And, now it’s time for another update of their sunlight + water = hydrogen technology. Battery electric vehicle advocates believe that the only use for solar power is to charge a battery directly. But, hydrogen advocates think otherwise. In steps HyperSolar with • Read More »
Working on Catalyst for Solar – Hydrogen Production
December 4, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Working on Catalyst for Solar – Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source are working on a more robust catalyst to be used in solar – hydrogen production. The scientists are x-raying cobalt-based thin films to determine their reactive properties. According to the Brookhaven National Laboratory, “Due to the mechanical and electrical complexity of the water-splitting reaction, there are many requirements • Read More »
Radical SAM Enzyme Produces Hydrogen
October 30, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Radical SAM Enzyme Produces Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Scientists at University of California, Davis, have been researching how bacteria produce hydrogen. One of the ways is by combining radical SAM enzymes with iron and sulfur atoms. According to Futurity, “The bacterial catalysts are based on precisely organized clusters of iron and sulfur atoms, with side groups of cyanide and carbon monoxide. Those molecules • Read More »
Sunlight and Wastewater Equals Hydrogen
October 15, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Sunlight and Wastewater Equals Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz have combined a microbial fuel cell (MFC) with a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) to create hydrogen gas from sunlight and sewage. The device solves two problems including the treatment of wastewater and the creation of hydrogen gas for cars. According to UC Santa Cruz, “In effect, the MFC component • Read More »
Solar Water Splitting Method in South Korea Breaks Record
September 26, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Solar Water Splitting Method in South Korea Breaks Record | Filed in: Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Fuel Production.Scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea have created an iron oxide (hematite) photoanode. Since rust never sleeps, this iron oxide photoanode has broken the record in efficiency for solar-hydrogen production at 5.3 percent. The previous record was set by some Swiss scientists at 4.2 percent efficiency. According to UNIST, • Read More »
DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis
September 3, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE and JCAP Spearhead Artificial Photosynthesis | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) together with the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) have developed a unique artificial photosynthesis component for the creation of hydrogen from water. According to Berkeley Lab, “The new JCAP photocathode construct consists of the semiconductor gallium phosphide and a molecular cobalt-containing hydrogen • Read More »
Laser Pulses in Water for Hydrogen Production
August 28, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Ikuko Akimoto and colleagues have decided to go high tech and low cost in order to produce hydrogen. While other scientists are using expensive catalysts and electrolysis to break the bonds of water, Akimoto decided to use laser pulses plus high grade, low cost carbon and charcoal to create hydrogen. According to the American Chemical • Read More »
University of Colorado, Boulder Solar-Hydrogen Breakthrough
August 8, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.On July 30, 2013 I had talked about TU Delft and HZB creating solar-hydrogen breakthrough technology. Well, it seems like there is no shortage of solar-hydrogen breakthroughs recently as the University of Colorado, Boulder has created one as well. Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU-Boulder) have come at the issue from a completely • Read More »
Solar Hydrogen Breakthrough by HZB and TU Delft
July 30, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In Germany, the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels and TU Delft University of Technology have created a solar device that can split water into hydrogen cheaply and efficiently. On the solar cell, the anode is made from metal oxide bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) plus a small amount of tungsten atoms with a dash of wolfram atoms • Read More »