SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 07, 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 released a video demonstrating hydrogen production using commercially available low-cost silicon solar cells (supplied by Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC "MWOE"), protected with HyperSolar’s proprietary coating.
The video demonstrates the Company’s patent pending solar-cell and membrane assembly that produces hydrogen and oxygen separately on two different sides of the solar cells. The membrane prevents mixing of hydrogen and oxygen (a 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, significantly improving the overall hydrogen utilization efficiency.
One of the keys 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.
“This video highlights the innovative assembly and resulting production capabilities of key components of HyperSolar technology,” said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. “We are clearly demonstrating, using commercially available and low cost silicon solar cells, that the integration of these cells and membrane technology are functioning well together to produce renewable hydrogen. Coupled with our patent-pending coating that protects the cells against corrosion, our process has reached the point where we feel building a larger prototype is the next true step to showcasing scalable, cost-efficient production. While these triple-junction silicon solar cells are not yet economically on par with the natural gas steam reforming method of hydrogen production, the advantage is that this method can produce hydrogen at the point of distribution where steam-reformed hydrogen may not be available or is too far to transport.”
HyperSolar’s primary research is focused on developing a completely renewable, low-cost and submersible hydrogen production particle that can split water molecules using the power of the sun, emulating the core functions of photosynthesis. Each particle is a complete hydrogen generator that contains a novel high voltage solar cell bonded to chemical catalysts by a proprietary encapsulation coating. A video detailing the rise of hydrogen fuel technology as well as HyperSolar’s completely renewable process of hydrogen fuel production can be viewed by visiting here.
About HyperSolar, Inc.
HyperSolar is developing a breakthrough, low cost technology to make renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, including seawater and wastewater. Unlike hydrocarbon fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas, where carbon dioxide and other contaminants are released into the atmosphere when used, hydrogen fuel usage produces pure water as the only byproduct. By optimizing the science of water electrolysis at the nano-level, our low cost nanoparticles mimic photosynthesis to efficiently use sunlight to separate hydrogen from water, to produce environmentally friendly renewable hydrogen. Using our low cost method to produce renewable hydrogen, we intend to enable a world of distributed hydrogen production for renewable electricity and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. To learn more about HyperSolar, please visit our website at www.hypersolar.com.
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