HyperSolar Files Patent for High Voltage Solar Cell Component for Hydrogen Conversion Process
March 25 2014 - 3:10AM
Marketwired
HyperSolar Files Patent for High Voltage Solar Cell Component for
Hydrogen Conversion Process
Joint Patent Application With UCSB Discloses Innovative
Multi-Junction High Voltage Solar Cell to Power Artificial
Photosynthetic Water Splitting
SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2014) -
HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCQB: HYSR), the developer of a
breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using
sunlight and any source of water, today announced that it has
jointly filed a patent application with the University of
California, Santa Barbara ("UCSB") for the "method of manufacture
of multi-junction artificial photosynthetic cells."
"The hydrogen fuel cell industry has been abuzz lately in part
due to Walmart's partnership with Plug Power, and Hyundai, BMW and
other auto manufacturer's commitment to hydrogen fuel," said Tim
Young, CEO of HyperSolar. "That being said, the infrastructure
surrounding hydrogen production is as crucial as the fuel cell
technology. We believe that our process of mimicking photosynthesis
by splitting water molecules provides the lowest-cost and
scalability that the industry will need as it continues to
establish relationships with international brands and projects.
This patent, which improves the durability and efficiency of the
semiconductor, brings HyperSolar one step closer to achieving that
goal."
Inspired by expensive space shuttle multi-junction solar cells
where different layers of semiconductor materials are stacked
together to maximize solar conversion efficiency, this patent
application claims a novel low cost and high voltage multi-junction
solar cell made from a single material. The single material has a
low cost per watt and the voltage achieved so far in the laboratory
is very close to the critical 1.5 volts required for splitting
water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. If successfully
developed, the company believes that this technology can produce
renewable hydrogen from water ("green hydrogen") that is cost
competitive with hydrogen that is currently produced from natural
gas ("brown hydrogen").
HyperSolar's technology is based on the concept of developing a
low-cost, submersible hydrogen production particles that can split
water molecules using sunlight without any other external systems
or resources - acting as artificial photosynthesis. A video of an
early proof-of-concept prototype can be viewed at
http://hypersolar.com/application.php.
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 http://www.HyperSolar.com.
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