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Game-Changing New Technology Can Squeeze Hydrogen from Seawater

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5 points by givinguflac 7 months ago · 4 comments

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givinguflacOP 7 months ago

‘ In their study, the researchers describe their device as a “microenvironment-engineered, multilayered electrode design for sustainable seawater electrolysis.” When in operation, the apparatus delivers “a geometric current density of 1 A cm⁻² in real seawater at an overpotential of 420 mV, with no hypochlorite formation and outstanding operational stability for 300 hours at room temperature.” ‘

I think this could potentially be the solution for combustion powered generators or power plants fueling data centers. If they had a way to farm hydrogen using this technology and utilized hydrogen fuel cells it would be a game changer in many ways.

egberts1 7 months ago

Ummmm, and undo millions of years of anerobic generation of water molecules by planktons and algae?

  • lovich 7 months ago

    When you burn hydrogen as fuel it produces water as the product of the reaction

    • egberts1 6 months ago

      Ummmmm, it isn't an 100% close-loop cycle. Hydrogen affixes to other molecules.

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