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HyperSolar Demonstrates Successful Hydrogen Production Using Readily Available Commercial Silicon Solar Cells
HyperSolar Demonstrates Successful Hydrogen Production Using Readily Available Commercial Silicon Solar Cells.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB:HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced that it had successfully produced renewable hydrogen using commercially available low-cost silicon solar cells (supplied by Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC \"MWOE\") protected with HyperSolar’s proprietary coating.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hydrogen side\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Oxygen side\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n The Company’s research team used a patent pending solar-cell/membrane assembly that produces hydrogen and oxygen separately on two different sides of the solar cells. The membrane prevents mixing of hydrogen and oxygen (hazardous gaseous mixture) resulting in the extraction of “pure hydrogen,” necessary for use in fuel cells that can power cars like the Toyota Mirai and Honda Clarity, as well as industrial power equipment. This integrated assembly also prevents recombination of hydrogen and oxygen into water at the catalyst surface, greatly improving the overall hydrogen utilization efficiency.  Photos accompanying this announcement are available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2a739a3d-228e-408d-903b-fe5b5b760560 http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9094a3b2-826e-4967-839b-eb23fb7bb12f In addition, the key to this success is the use of HyperSolar’s patent pending electroactive coating formulated to protect the solar cells from corrosion during prolonged hydrogen production. The success of utilizing silicon solar cells provided by outside manufacturers represents yet another indication of the potential of HyperSolar’s technology for economically viable production of hydrogen. “While the science itself is challenging, we have always looked for simple, economic, and scalable methods for hydrogen production,” said Dr. Joun Lee, Chief Technology Officer of HyperSolar. “When fully developed, we believe our technology will be easier to deploy, and will have source-to-use energy cost competitive to the current commercial method which uses natural gas to produce hydrogen.” HyperSolar is now building a 1 square foot hydrogen generator prototype using the commercial silicon...