Cheap Catalyst Could Turn Sunlight, Water Into Fuel
| August 1, 2008 |  View for printing |
Nocera2 A new catalyst makes it feasible to split water with solar power.
MIT chemists say the catalyst, used in conjunction with cheap photovoltaic solar panels, could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight.
In the process, the scientists may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence: Reducing the on-again, off-again nature of many renewable power sources.
By Alexis Madrigal
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