Photolytic production of hydrogen from water
US4421617A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 21, 1982 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/36
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A catalytic dispersion of fine metal particles mediates the photodissociation of water into hydrogen gas. A protective agent adsorptive to said particles and selected from among homopolymers, copolymers, hydrocarbyl radicals and polysaccharides stabilizes the said dispersion.
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