{"id":58880,"date":"2025-03-19T08:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58880"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:01:38","slug":"hydrogen-from-water-and-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58880","title":{"rendered":"Hydrogen From Water and Sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-58881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hydrogen_From_Water_and_Sunlight.jpg\" alt=\"Hydrogen From Water and Sunlight\" width=\"978\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hydrogen_From_Water_and_Sunlight.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hydrogen_From_Water_and_Sunlight-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hydrogen_From_Water_and_Sunlight-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hydrogen_From_Water_and_Sunlight-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Scientists in Japan have created a functioning prototype reactor that can generate hydrogen fuel directly from water using sunlight, according to recent energy research reports. This system uses special photocatalytic sheets that harness solar energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen without requiring electricity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The prototype has been operating successfully for three years, demonstrating potential for practical applications. While green hydrogen is considered crucial for a sustainable energy future, current production methods remain expensive and energy-intensive. This breakthrough could significantly reduce costs and simplify production.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists in Japan have created a functioning prototype reactor that can generate hydrogen fuel directly from water using sunlight, according to recent energy research reports. This system uses special photocatalytic sheets that harness solar energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen without requiring electricity. The prototype has been operating successfully for three years, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58880\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hydrogen From Water and Sunlight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58882,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58880\/revisions\/58882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}