A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer

Informations projet

HYDRER

N° de convention de subvention: 664719

DOI

10.3030/664719

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 29 Avril 2015

Date de début 1 Mai 2015

Date de fin 31 Octobre 2016

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Coût total

€ 150 000,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 150 000,00

Coordonné par

FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA
Spain

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

Période du rapport: 2015-05-01 au 2016-10-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

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.