Electrolysis Breakthrough for Storing Solar Energy

clipped from cleantechnica.com MIT Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead to ‘Unlimited’ Solar Power clipped from www.itbusiness.ca MIT: Solar power storage discovery could mean energy nirvana Researchers at MIT say they've made an energy storage breakthrough that could transform solar power from an alternative to a mainstream energy source. The university is calling the solar project a major advancement in energy research. clipped from www.youtube.com Dr. Daniel Nocera: A new method of storing solar energy clipped from web.mit.edu Daniel G. Nocera The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry clipped from peswiki.com Electrolysis Breakthrough for Solar Storage Historically, the platinum electrodes used in electrolysis work well for splitting off the hydrogen, but platinum works very poorly for oxygen. The MIT catalyst works well to allow the efficient liberation of the oxygen. The new catalyst developed by MIT researchers consists of cobalt metal, phosphate and an electrode. When the catalyst is placed in water and electricity runs through the electrode, oxygen gas is produced.

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