Fuel for Future: Scientist Close To Turning Sunshine To Energy
Monday, August 08, 2005
"Daniel Nocera is trying to achieve an old, elusive dream: using the bountiful energy in sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The elements could then be used to supply clean-running fuel cells or new kinds of machinery. Or the energy created from the reaction itself might be harnessed and stored. Enough energy from sunlight hits the Earth every hour to supply the world for months. The challenge is harnessing it and storing it efficiently, which existing solar technologies do not do. Nocera had a big breakthrough when he used light to coax hydrogen atoms out of liquid. The key was figuring out the right chemical catalyst." Source: journalnow.com
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