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Researchers Generate Electricity Using Seawater and Sunlight
Slashdot reader sosume writes: Scientists at Osaka University have created a new method to use sunlight to turn seawater into hydrogen peroxide which can then be used in fuel cells to generate electricity. It's the first photocatalytic method of H2O2 production that achieves a high enough efficiency so that the H2O2 can be used in a fuel cell.
It's easier and safer to transport liquid H2O2, according to the article, and while its total efficiency is much lower than conventional solar cells, the researchers hope to get better results by using better materials.
It's easier and safer to transport liquid H2O2, according to the article, and while its total efficiency is much lower than conventional solar cells, the researchers hope to get better results by using better materials.
Wait, you're suggesting that something combustible can be used both to fuel engines and explosives? Perhaps someone should come up with an award to encourage people to use this knowledge for good instead of evil! Something catchy like, say, the Nobel Peace Prize.
Inheritance is the sincerest form of nepotism.
Two chemists enter a bar.
The barkeep asks what they'd like to drink.
One says "I'd like some H2O, please."
The other says "I'd like some H2O too!"
The second chemist dies.