Water-splitting using photocatalytic porphyrin-nanotube composite devices
| Patent Number: | 7,338,590 |
| Issued: | 3/4/2008 |
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| Abstract: | A method for generating hydrogen by photocatalytic decomposition of water using porphyrin nanotube composites. In some embodiments, both hydrogen and oxygen are generated by photocatalytic decomposition of water. |
| Filed: | 10/25/2005 |
| Application Number: | 11/256,808 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |