MIT Engineers Approaching 100% Efficiency with New Catalyst for Electrolysis

[mikrovolt]

This is not a short video as he needs to explain his game plan. In this video Mar 2010 is an explanation of how it works.
A thin film self healing substrate that splits water much like photosynthesis.

YouTube - Dr. Daniel G. Nocera

There may be an update since this is now 1 year.

[IndianaBoys]

Easily Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen

This video was posted Dec 8, 2008.

Daniel Nocera and Matthew Kanan discover a new catalyst that speeds up the splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen.

This video offers more insight into the discovery compared to the lecture style video that Nocera normally gives related to this discovery.

Easily Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen
Easily Splitting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen Video

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[mikrovolt]

Tnx Indiana,
What I got out of the video was Mathew Kanan:
Somewhat simular to Nocera,
Mathew Kanan who now teaches at Stanford, Basicly disolves cobalt phosphate in water.
The cobalt and phosphate buffer spontaneously plate as a catalyst electrode significantly
lowering the electrolysis current. This is an improvement over nickel oxide which reacted
with many things forming carbonates, the hydrogen electrode would use platinum.
When the power is turned off Kanan's cobalt phosphate goes back into solution.
Other than keeping the concentration levels in order the process is simple and fairly clean.
Kanan goes on to remind us that if we store H and O efficiently and ecologically his electrolyser
would make a good compliment to a solar array when the sun does'nt shine.

[IndianaBoys]

Artificial Leaves produce hydrogen fuel

Mikrovolt,

You are welcome.

Maybe combining what Professor Nate Lewis at California Institute of Technology created called Silicon Nanorod Structures with what Nocera's team has located may do the trick.

This process is looking for an inexpensive catalyst.

Artificial Leaves produce hydrogen fuel
YouTube - Artificial Leaves produce hydrogen fuel


Mikrovolt, this looks lie the most recent talk Nocera has given related to the catalyst discovery:

Nelson Speaker Series 2010 (Lecture 4)
YouTube - Nelson Speaker Series 2010 (Lecture 4)

This is 1 hour and 31 minutes long. He does update his talk so maybe you will hear some useful gems in this latest version. Old versions are valuable too as he may let out information in his excitement to communicate the discovery.

You will also hear Nocera speak of the lengths they have gone to in order to protect/patent this discovery - 16 patent lawyers working 6 months along with a top patent judge to pick it apart and seal any "leaks" in the patent.


Nature has given us a blueprint to model and benefit from.
Lets figure out how to do it from a grassroots level!

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