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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes, I have heard of this
I bet Exxon Mobil's trying to gobble up the patents as we speak.
Voted : Yes, I have heard of this
^ I'll take a piece of that action.
last I checked, it's called hydrolysis, and it's nothing new. it's like saying the great scientist at LCD university just invented a revolutionary device that allows you to go from one place to another at great speed, and it's round piece of metal with some rubber attached to it. must have been a slow news day.
by LCD on Tue Aug 05, 08 11:22am
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Voted : Yes, I have heard of this
Sounds interesting
Voted : No, I have not
Have not, but sounds like a brilliant idea.
You are right, hydrolysis is nothing new. However, I think the breakthrough here is the new catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water, simplifying the energy storing process in the fuel cells. It consists of cobalt metal, phosphate and an electrode, placed in water. When electricity from a photovoltaic cell, a wind turbine or any other source runs through the electrode, the cobalt and phosphate form a thin film on the electrode, and oxygen gas is produced. Combined with another catalyst, such as platinum, that can produce hydrogen gas from water, the system can duplicate the water splitting reaction that occurs in plants during photosynthesis. Currently available electrolyzers, which split water with electricity and are often used industrially, are not suited for artificial photosynthesis because they are very expensive and require an environment that has little to do with the conditions under which photosynthesis operates.
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