#4/ “Nanocatalysts” and Sunlight Create Cheap
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#4/ “Nanocatalysts” and Sunlight Create Cheap Hydrogen
A huge and untapped source of hydrogen is biomass waste. These are organic leftovers such as food waste, cut grass, timber, leaves, and unwanted agricultural residue.
Now, we’ve known for some time how to convert biomass into hydrogen. That part is easy.
But doing so requires extremely high temperatures, making the process very inefficient… or so we thought.
As the Clean Technica report points out, researchers from Cambridge have developed a technique that extracts pure hydrogen gas from biomass using only alkaline water, sunlight, and special “nanocatalysts.”
Crucially, the whole process can take place at room temperature and normal pressure, potentially making it an energy-efficient way of creating car fuel.
But, right now, this is still more in the realm of pure science. What we need is somebody with a thick applied science checkbook to move this very interesting development to the next stage – and usher in the new energy balance in the transportation sector.
You’ll get the latest on this new hydrogen technology as it develops, right here in Oil & Energy Investor.
https://oilandenergyinvestor.com/2017/03/this...s-forever/
A huge and untapped source of hydrogen is biomass waste. These are organic leftovers such as food waste, cut grass, timber, leaves, and unwanted agricultural residue.
Now, we’ve known for some time how to convert biomass into hydrogen. That part is easy.
But doing so requires extremely high temperatures, making the process very inefficient… or so we thought.
As the Clean Technica report points out, researchers from Cambridge have developed a technique that extracts pure hydrogen gas from biomass using only alkaline water, sunlight, and special “nanocatalysts.”
Crucially, the whole process can take place at room temperature and normal pressure, potentially making it an energy-efficient way of creating car fuel.
But, right now, this is still more in the realm of pure science. What we need is somebody with a thick applied science checkbook to move this very interesting development to the next stage – and usher in the new energy balance in the transportation sector.
You’ll get the latest on this new hydrogen technology as it develops, right here in Oil & Energy Investor.
https://oilandenergyinvestor.com/2017/03/this...s-forever/
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