A Solar-Powered Hydrolyzer

Informacje na temat projektu

HYDRER

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 664719

DOI

10.3030/664719

Projekt został zamknięty

Data podpisania przez KE 29 Kwietnia 2015

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Maja 2015

Data zakończenia 31 Października 2016

Finansowanie w ramach

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Koszt całkowity

€ 150 000,00

Wkład UE

€ 150 000,00

Koordynowany przez

FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA D'INVESTIGACIO QUIMICA
Spain

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

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2015-05-01 do 2016-10-31

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

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.