FUTURE SOLAR FROM THE SWISS
Discovery Brightens Solar's Future, Energy Costs to Be Cut
July 2, 2015 (Reuters via NBC News)
“Scientists in Switzerland…[have] a cheaper, solar technology that splits water molecules to [make it cheaper to] create clean-burning hydrogen fuel…but a simple version won't be available for average citizens for at least 10 years…Splitting water molecules to create hydrogen allows the sun's energy to be more easily stored to generate electricity or power clean cars…Previous solar hydrogen technologies were too expensive to commercialize, scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne said…The new solar panel looks similar to the traditional version mounted on rooftops, except sunlight first passes through a thin layer of water contained inside the device. Tungsten diselenide, a non-toxic chemical, acts as a photocatalyst and is critical for using the sun's energy to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.” click here for more
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