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Photolytic production of hydrogen

US4466869A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1983
Grant dateAug 21, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01M14/005
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a photolytic device comprising a photoelectrode having a plurality of stacked, individual photoelectric or photovoltaic elements between a substrate and an electrode, a counterelectrode which may be a separate spaced counterelectrode or the substrate, and an unbiased external circuit. Also disclosed is a method of forming hydrogen using the photolytic device.

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