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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

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Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity.

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DOE to award nearly $42M to 22 projects to advance clean hydrogen technologies

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The projects will be managed by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) and will also advance DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal of reducing the cost of clean hydrogen to 1 dollar per 1 kilogram in 1 decade (“1-1-1”). DOE also announced $17.8

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Duke team develops new core-shell copper nanowire catalyst for efficient water oxidation for solar fuels

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A transparent film of copper nanowires was transformed into an electrocatalyst for water oxidation by electrodeposition of Ni or Co onto the surface of the nanowires. Water oxidation (2H 2 O → O 2 + 4 e- + 4H + ) is a key step for converting solar energy into chemical fuels. Chen et al. Click to enlarge. times more light.

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Caltech’s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar

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Several recently published deep-dive analyses commissioned by NASA and the European Space Agency have thrown cold water on the hope that space solar power could affordably generate many gigawatts of clean energy in the near future. Ali Hajimiri is the codirector of Caltech’s space-based solar power project.

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DOE to award $60M to advance clean hydrogen technologies and decarbonize grid

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Areas of interest in support of Hydrogen Shot include: HydroGEN: Solar Fuels from Photoelectrochemical and Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting. ( DE-FOA-0002792 ). Development and Validation of Sensor Technology for Monitoring and Measuring Hydrogen Losses. Materials-based H2 Storage Demonstrations.

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Duke researchers boost electrolyzer productivity with microfibrous flow-through electrode; 12.5- to 50-times greater than conventional

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Ben Wiley, a professor of chemistry at Duke University and his team are investigating how nano- and microstructured porous electrodes can improve the productivity of hydrogen generation in a zero-gap, flow-through alkaline water electrolyzer. The water electrolysis performance of the Ni MF felt as a function of the cell potential.

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DOE launches Hydrogen Shot Fellowship

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy recently announced the Energy Earthshots Initiative aimed at accelerating breakthroughs of more abundant, affordable, and reliable clean energy solutions within the decade. Earlier post.).

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