Tuesday 22 July 2014

Improving the cost and efficiency of renewable energy storage

ENERGY TECH
Improving the cost and efficiency of renewable energy storage
by Staff Writers - Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 22, 2014 A major challenge in renewable energy is storage. A common approach is a reaction that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen, and uses the hydrogen as a fuel to store energy. The efficiency of 'water splitting' depends heavily on a solid substance called a catalyst. However, only the surface of the catalyst acts on the reaction, while its bulk is i ... more


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