Solar panels hair hydrogen not magic power conversion efficiency ten years improved as high as 15%

If see your face to the sunshine in the outdoor dark blue square panel, usually people would want to say is that solar panels, to generate electricity by photoelectric conversion, but now the cognitive not necessarily accurate. Belgian scientists have developed magical novel solar panels: the panel is not power, but using the sun and the moisture in the air to generate hydrogen.

the current hydrogen production methods are inseparable from fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, oil, natural gas is more up to 80% of the hydrogen production efficiency, but after all is not a green technology. To this, many scientists have been working on hydrogen production by electrolysis of water, such as green technology, in which the Catholic university of leuven in Belgium team developed a new green hydrogen production technology, equipment prototype now has outdoor practical test in the school.

at first glance, the device seems to be the general of solar panels, but it has some slightly different appearance. Than is full of the grid panel, hydrogen solar panels are basically straight stripes, and rear also hung a bottle of water. When hydrogen solar panels absorb sunlight, people can see the water began to hydrogen bubble. Teams, points out that the current prototype version every day can produce 250 liters of hydrogen.

only 18 to traditional solar panels 22% of the light into electricity, to be in power converts water into hydrogen, have to consume more energy, so KU Leuven r&d team about 1. 6 square meters of new type of solar panels, can convert 15% of sunlight into hydrogen, and set a new world record. Team supervising professor Johan Martens, said first conversion efficiency is only 0. 1%, almost impossible to produce any hydrogen molecules, and team in the study 10 years continuous improvement and find new problems, has been quite productive.

team estimates, 20 groups of hydrogen solar panels can provide residents with central heating in winter and power, if add 20 panel, residents don't have to worry about the vehicle's all year round.

at present, the research team has prepared to test outside, just like most of the fuel, hydrogen is very easy to fire, especially in confined Spaces. So the teams that basically need 4 square meters of pressure storage space ( Size and the size of tank) , so that residents can store hydrogen gas in the summer, winter can convert hydrogen into electricity or a heating effect

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