MIT researchers split water to store solar energy

SUBMAN1 · 08-01-08, 10:48 AM

Progress.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10002704-54.html

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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.

FIREWALL · 08-01-08, 10:57 AM

I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p

Frame57 · 08-01-08, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p

LOL:rotfl: Good one! Back in the day we used KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) for a catalyst to do this.

SUBMAN1 · 08-01-08, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p

LOL:rotfl: Good one! Back in the day we used KOH (Potassium Hydroxide) for a catalyst to do this.

I don't even want to know!

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UnderseaLcpl · 08-01-08, 11:52 AM

Very skeptical.

Platapus · 08-01-08, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR.

A MOON. :rotfl:

It had energy too ! I farted. :p

I rarely read anything here that actually makes me laugh out loud. This is one of those times. I am home alone with my dog and she is looking at me with that look of "stop laughing and feed me".

Well done!

Frame57 · 08-01-08, 06:24 PM

No-no! I did not mean to produce farts. But to seperate the O2 from the hydrogen on board Subs.

FIREWALL · 08-01-08, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

No-no! I did not mean to produce farts. But to seperate the O2 from the hydrogen on board Subs.

So that's your story and your stick"in to it.:p :rotfl:

Frame57 · 08-01-08, 06:55 PM

Yep! I did a bad job in trying to convey what I meant to say. I need a beer to wake up.

Zachstar · 08-01-08, 08:13 PM

Its a breakthrough indeed and I look forward to more breakthroughs in storage.

Right now however, I still think it will be EEstor that finally breaks the back of the problem of storage for EVs.

In a few years ZENN cars will be all over the place.

08-01-08, 10:57 AM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I split my pants once. It wasn't solar. It was more LUNAR. A MOON. :rotfl: It had energy too ! I farted. :p __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very skeptical. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

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Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Its a breakthrough indeed and I look forward to more breakthroughs in storage. Right now however, I still think it will be EEstor that finally breaks the back of the problem of storage for EVs. In a few years ZENN cars will be all over the place. __________________

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Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	No-no! I did not mean to produce farts. But to seperate the O2 from the hydrogen on board Subs.

08-01-08, 06:55 PM	#9
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Yep! I did a bad job in trying to convey what I meant to say. I need a beer to wake up.