Solar light-powered generation of hydrogen gas from water with supermolecular complexes as photocatalysts

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This project develops the engineering equipment needed to scale up a new photosynthetic light-driven process that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The process is highly efficient and promises lower cost production of hydrogen than any other existing technology. It uses specially designed molecular complexes in a substrate material that utilizes incoming photons to transfer electrons to a central reaction site, which then catalyzes or facilitates a water-splitting process. The process has been previously demonstrated at a small test-tube scale. This project aims to scale up the process to larger capacities of hydrogen production with engineering lab-scale equipment. In addition, it will analyze the system operation and perform thermodynamic optimization studies to improve its performance.