Posts Tagged hydrogen

Student-Built Reactor Produces Hydrogen From Sunlight, Zinc Oxide and Water

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power, Solar Power on April 9, 2012

A new way to have sunlight produce hydrogen has been perfected in a University of Delaware lab. The inventor, Erik Koepf, has designed a reactor that works at ultra-high temperatures and that uses zinc oxide and water to produce hydrogen at a potentially industrial scale without reforming fossil fuels, as it’s done in the industry [...]

Nuclear Power Could Provide Heat for Hydrogen Production

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on March 26, 2012

Ibrahim Khamis, Ph.D at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, has recently described to the scientific community a method nuclear power plants could use to provide the heat necessary for the production of hydrogen from water, through electrolysis. He presented his research at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American [...]

Osaka Student Team Creates Hydrogen-Powered Car From Scratch

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on January 16, 2012

Everyone started building battery-powered electric vehicles lately, but few are those who built cars whose power comes from hydrogen fuel cells. Such an example comes from a team of students at Osaka Sangyo University, who built a fuel cell-powered car from scratch, creating Japan’s first non-industrial team to ever accomplish this. Actually, they haven’t been [...]

PNNL Scientists Studying Cheap Borane-Based Hydrogen Storage System

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage on January 12, 2012

Lots of money are spent on research and development of electric vehicles. Electric cars, powered by hydrogen fuel cells have an increased driving range and are also environmentally friendly. In not such a distant future many hydrogen powered vehicles may fill the U.S. roads, but this will only happen after the issues concerning the recharging [...]

BMW to Use GM and Toyota Technology for Future Hydrogen-Powered Cars

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Car industry on December 12, 2011

BMW is seemingly looking for ties in the auto industry with Toyota and General Motors to develop future battery and hydrogen fuel cell-powered EVs, says Motorauthority.com, quoting the German Wirtschaftswoche (Business Week). So GM’s Volt technology may not be officially a secret any longer, and Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive could enhance the power of all [...]

Vitamin B12 Helps Scientists Build New Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on November 28, 2011

Vitamin B12 has recently been determined as one of the many solutions for cheaper hydrogen fuel cells, that convert hydrogen into electricity and have water as their only output. Because they currently use platinum, hydrogen fuel cells are being expensive – much over the price of lithium ion batteries, for example. The research, performed by [...]

Researchers Find Method of Making Ammonia a More Affordable Hydrogen Storage

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage on September 1, 2011

Sometimes quoted as the main component of a new and good hydrogen storage material, ammonia (NH3) could this time rival hydrogen in the race to fuel our vehicles – it could just be The solution to the fuel crisis. Since hydrogen is hard to transport and store, ammonia fills in that niche and makes up [...]

Cheap Hydrogen Obtained By Using Ethanol and Sunlight

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on May 31, 2011

Not only one time had ethanol been tested as a reliable source of hydrogen. Now, a multi-national team of scientists from Spain, Scotland and New Zealand have devised a method to use ethanol and sunlight to extract hydrogen for use in fuel cells to generate electricity.

New Aluminum Alloy Helps Generate Clean Water and Cheap Electricity

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power, Water Purifiers on May 4, 2011

A new aluminum alloy could soon clean out water and at the same time generate electricity for afflicted areas. Purdue University researchers Jerry Woodall and Go Choi have been working on the alloy of aluminum, gallium, indium and tin that could split polluted or salt water into hydrogen and oxygen and then reunite them to generate electricity and pure water.

Molybdenum-Based Catalyst Discovered as Cheap Alternative to Platinum for Hydrogen Production

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on April 14, 2011

There have been many researchers seeking the perfect catalyst for dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen. Xile Hu and his team from the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland have recently tinkered with a cheap catalyst made from molybdenum.

New Polymer Material Can Store Hydrogen More Effectively

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage, Hydrogen Power on March 17, 2011

A new type of container for hydrogen gas has been developed by a team of Lawrence Berkeley Lab researchers. The inventors say it can store much more hydrogen than older versions, like pressurized tanks or those storing the gas inside some kinds of metallic molecular chains.

Concentrated Sunlight Generating Hydrogen from Water and Splitting Carbon Dioxide

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power on December 27, 2010

I’ve known for years that solar concentrators do a good job at harnessing heat. You may also use them to generate electricity, but it’s not their best job possible. A recent article published in the journal Science shows how solar concentrators can be used to directly extract hydrogen from water, without any middlemen such as photovoltaic panels and electricity.

Purification of Hydrogen Extracted from CNG Made More Efficient With New Dispersed Platinum Catalyst

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on September 24, 2010

A consortium involving three universities has devised an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst that could be of use in future hydrogen production systems. Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos from Tufts University and Manos Mavrikakis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison published their research in today’s Science journal.

Hydrogen Tank Exploded in Green Fuel Station. Is The Technology Safe Enough for Cars?

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Hydrogen Power on August 28, 2010

Hydrogen, the most clean fuel in the universe, has been seen with skepticism by many. Although bad events involving exploded hydrogen tanks are rare, Monroe County’s (NY) hydrogen station on Scottsville Road experienced the explosion of two tanks filled with hydrogen.

Hydrogen Makes Metals Brittle: Fraunhofer Researchers Improving Material Technologies

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy Storage, Hydrogen Power on August 17, 2010

Being the core of the dispute between early electric car adopters, hydrogen may be the solution to the electric movement, eventually even beating batteries by cleanliness. The technology behind hydrogen powered cars poses a few issues, though.

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