Faces of the Recovery Act: Sun Catalytix
BOSTON- At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dan Nocera talks about Sun Catalytix, the next generation of solar energy, and ARPA-E funding through the Recovery Act. To learn about more ARPA-E projects through the Recovery Act: arpa-e.energy.gov
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See his lecture at POPTECH
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Direct photolysis of water has been under research for at least forty years. See Bolton: Solar Power and Fuels (Academic Press, 1977) which summarized work up to that point. There are significant problems, and this video doesn’t say what problem(s) they’ve solved at that suddenly make this technology practical.
would love to see the tech in my house. Is there a do it yourself kit?
Yes.
If this is true then we can expect a mysterious fire at the lab and unfortunate premature deaths among the staff.
How long till they shelve this idea?
If it helps the lives of we peons, they will 86 it asap.
well they just got a 4 million dollar check, so i bet the’ll use that to start manufacturing some working models
yeh youre right, and i forgot to mention, how many tons of carbon does it save and will it be outdated by improvements in solar power stored in batterys or something in 10 years?
They get silenced by the fuel and oil industry, duh! Good thing there is internet and information can be freely shared….. (for now).
Assuming it was like what happened to the EVs made by GM and other companies when CARB in California made then invest in electric cars, then the oil companies and the companies that make money off the fossil fuels, including the car companies themselves, destroy the programs. Its a major flaw in capitalism, but whats the better alternative?
I bet we’ll never hear from this again.
30-square-meter photovoltaic array and 4 hour of Sun… for 30Kwh is lame
He sounds exactly like Fozzie Bear
Awesome! Can’t wait to drive my sunshine and water-powered Jeep! =)
Is that true?
I have heard so many great ideas of alternative+green and hopefully cheap energy sources, but all these ideas disappear and we don’t hear them again. how does it come? they run out of funding or these projects go into dead end as they don’t reach expected results?
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@achzdck one thing you should realize is that engine has never been effectively recreated and it is possible to get 200 miles to gallon with engines however at a SEVERE reduction in power.
Electrolysis is not what Nocera is doing. Electrolysis to split water requires more electrical energy than is gained by combusting or otherwise using the hydrogen gas generated. What he has been working on for however long is making a molecular catalyst that splits water either on its own or that requires less voltage than straight electrolysis. If he succeeds in this it will truly be an amazing accomplishment.
Electrolysis is not what Nocera is doing. Electrolysis to split water requires more electrical energy than is gained by combusting or otherwise using the hydrogen gas generated. What he has been working on for however long is making a molecular catalyst that splits water either on its own or that requires less voltage than straight electrolysis. If he succeeds in this it will truly be an amazing accomplishment.
Electrolysis is not what Nocera is doing. Electrolysis to split water requires more electrical energy than is gained by combusting or otherwise using the hydrogen gas generated. What he has been working on for however long is making a molecular catalyst that splits water either on its own or that requires less voltage than straight electrolysis. If he succeeds in this it will truly be an amazing accomplishment.
lol ur a joke man. you’re saying something thats totally different to what this technology is about.
Yeah , look what happened to the guy that made the car that ran on water and gave off zero emissions and got crazy mileage. Even if the tire industry increased the circumference of the tires on autos it would improve gas mileage. None of these great ideas will come to fruition because of the oil lobby in DC. They will buy it up and stuff it in a closet that’s full of great ideas and keep it from ever seeing the light of day.