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Neat packaging for electrolysis, but I'm trying to imagine where/how this would get used. Not as elegant once you add all the apparatus to capture and store the
by johngalt 15y ago
Neat packaging for electrolysis, but I'm trying to imagine where/how this would get used. Not as elegant once you add all the apparatus to capture and store the hydrogen.
- DasIch 15y agoThe packaging is a relatively minor problem though.
- baq 15y agoeverywhere where you need hydrogen for electricity generation and have some water and sunlight. combine it with a fuel cell and you've got a closed cycle, self-sufficient, localized power generation. looking a bit further into the future, you might have a variant of this device produce petroleum or similar fuel for your car, with an added bonus of reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
- VivekReddy 15y agoIf this can be scaled, it could be huge in terms of space exploration (Mars?). The ability to create oxygen using sunlight and silicon has huge potential to make uninhabitable places habitable. Granted this is all far in the future, but at least we can say this is true technological innovation.