A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer

Información del proyecto

HYDRER

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 664719

DOI

10.3030/664719

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 29 Abril 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Mayo 2015

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2016

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 150 000,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 150 000,00

Coordinado por

FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HYDRER (A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer)

Período documentado: 2015-05-01 hasta 2016-10-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

HYDRER has developed and validated a novel hydrolyzer technology to obtain hydrogen from sea water and sunlight. The device has been built with a photovoltaic cell (2.5 V) powering an electrolyzer built exclusively from earth-abundant and inexpensive materials (carbon, glass, polymers and Prussian blue analogs). Our set-up is able to sustain a 1 L/h hydrogen production at least for one month. As a proof of concept, our results open interesting possibilities for a novel cost-efficient technology in hydrogen production from renewable energy sources and feedstock. Furthermore, working in untreated sea water, our hydrolyzer produces chlorine and caustic soda as subproducts, opening alternative applications for additional industrial applications.