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Open - Source - Research => Open-Source Research => Topic started by: Vulcain67 on February 3rd, 2013, 10:14 AM

Title: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: Vulcain67 on February 3rd, 2013, 10:14 AM

Hi, i  just want to share this new discovery ;).

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/01/017.html

Title: RE: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: Lynx on February 3rd, 2013, 10:36 AM

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Though it takes significant energy and resources to produce the super-small silicon balls, the particles could help power portable devices in situations where water is available and portability is more important than low cost. Military operations and camping trips are two examples of such scenarios.

Looks like some form of non-hazardous source of energy, one that which leaves no environmental threatening
residuals of sort, unlike for example that which comes from using fossile based fuels.
It will be interesting to see the price tags for this, if it at all makes it to the stores that is (http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s566/4lynx4/Fun/wink.png)

Title: RE: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: securesupplies on February 20th, 2013, 08:38 AM

sand in electolyzer?

“It was previously unknown that we could generate hydrogen this rapidly from silicon, one of Earth’s most abundant elements,” Erogbogbo said. “Safe storage of hydrogen has been a difficult problem even though hydrogen is an excellent candidate for alternative energy, and one of the practical applications of our work would be supplying hydrogen for fuel cell power. It could be military vehicles or other portable applications that are near water.”

“Perhaps instead of taking a gasoline or diesel generator and fuel tanks or large battery packs with me to the campsite (civilian or military) where water is available, I take a hydrogen fuel cell (much smaller and lighter than the generator) and some plastic cartridges of silicon nanopowder mixed with an activator,” Swihart said, envisioning future applications. “Then I can power my satellite radio and telephone, GPS, laptop, lighting, etc. If I time things right, I might even be able to use excess heat generated from the reaction to warm up some water and make tea.”

worth a crazy try I guess,

may alsowantto try bismuth in electrolyzers
carbon particles

and

vibrating water as Ohmasa gas japan did  same time

very interesting

Title: RE: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: Lynx on February 20th, 2013, 09:26 AM

Quote from securesupplies on February 20th, 2013, 08:38 AM

“...........and some plastic cartridges of silicon nanopowder mixed with an activator,” Swihart said..........”

Silicon nanopowder, could probably be worked out what that is.
Activator........?
That's probably something only mr Swihart knows anything about.
Too bad.

/JM2C.

Title: RE: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: securesupplies on February 21st, 2013, 03:25 AM

watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQYBoGk180I

watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ8qFS0kcbU
watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT3RcprJ0Zg
watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M9VU_36NQ

Title: RE: Water + silicon nanoparticles = hydrogen
Post by: securesupplies on February 21st, 2013, 04:51 AM

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl304680w