Self-Sustaining Solar Reactor That Produces Clean Hydrogen

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Scientist Develops Self-Sustaining Solar Reactor That Produces Clean Hydrogen Fuel/ by Mark Boyer, 04/07/12

Hydrogen is a fuel that has seemingly limitless potential, but scientists have only been able to produce it from fossil fuels, like natural gas. That is, until now. A doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware has designed a new type of reactor that produces hydrogen using nothing more than concentrated sunlight, zinc oxide, and water. And best of all, the zinc oxide used by the reactor can be reused, meaning that once the reactor is up and running, it would be self-sustaining.

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