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 Posted: Fri Oct 31st, 2008 11:12 am
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 http://devicedaily.com/misc/mit-researcher-mimics-photosynthesis-to-turn-water-into-hydrogen-and-oxygen.html

A MIT researcher has demonstrated a reaction which resembles the photosynthesis process that plants make each day which means that from now on solar power could be deployed at world scale. Using catalysts developed by the chemist, he showed a video where oxygen was generated from water, just like plants do it in photosynthesis.

 

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html

In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.