{"id":485,"date":"2012-12-20T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hephaestusproject.com\/Energy\/?p=485"},"modified":"2013-01-01T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T10:12:56","slug":"hydrogen-flakes-using-plastic-solar-cells-to-produce-hydrogen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hephaestusproject.com\/Energy\/hydrogen-flakes-using-plastic-solar-cells-to-produce-hydrogen\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydrogen Flakes – Using Plastic Solar Cells To Produce Hydrogen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple though. Create a roll to roll manufacturing process for 2-10 mm clear plastic solar cells that are slightly denser than water.\u00a0Dump them in a clear top tank or pool with water and an electrolyte that is \u00a0lighter than the solar cells (Hydrogen Flakes), and let the sun produce hydrogen.<\/p>\n

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Creating hydrogen\u00a0flakes for various frequencies of light and placing them in the same tank allows you to up the hydrogen output by capturing different frequencies of the available light. The\u00a0efficiency\u00a0of the hydrogen flakes doesn’t matter, as the same light will hit many flakes as it travels\u00a0through the water. Mirroring or silvering the bottom of the tank will also increase the amount of hydrogen produced as the light will be reflected upward and through the Hydrogen Flakes for second pass.<\/p>\n

The flakes will float as bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen are formed and stick to the edges of the hydrogen flakes, making them more\u00a0buoyant. They will rise until the bubble become large enough to\u00a0detach, they impact another flake, or they come to the surface where the bubbles will burst.\u00a0\u00a0They will then fall to the bottom of the tank to begin their journey again.<\/p>\n

The ones that work will float to the top, the ones that are non functional will stay on the bottom, this allows for a simple self sorting method for removal of non functional hydrogen flakes.<\/p>\n

This system will also produce low grade waste heat, as electrolysis is inherently inefficient. The waste heat can be converted into electricity using an LTD Stirling. Using a pool or tank with a black bottom, instead of a mirrored or silvered one, will increase the thermal\u00a0absorption. With the waste heat the hydrogen flakes will produce a silver bottom is probably the better option.<\/p>\n

It really can’t be that simple to solve the world energy problems, can it?<\/p>\n

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