MIT researchers split water to store solar energy

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July 31, 2008 11:00 AM PDT
MIT researchers split water to store solar energy

Posted by Martin LaMonica


The key to plentiful solar power is water, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Daniel Nocera.


Nocera and his MIT colleague, Matthew Kanan, on Thursday will publish a technical paper that describes what they claim is a breakthrough in solar energy storage....

The key to MIT's discovery is a catalyst made from abundant materials that can make oxygen gas by passing an electrical current through water more effectively than previous methods.