Hydrogen from light and air via panel of Solhyd

Researchers at KU Leuven, together with Comate and Waterstofnet and with the support of the province of Flemish Brabant and the Flemish government, developed through The Solhyd Project a hydrogen panel, an international first . The panel extracts moisture from the air and converts it into hydrogen. The intention is to eventually make hydrogen the energy solution of the future.

Since 2011, within Professor Johan Martens' research group, Solhyd has been working on a plan to make hydrogen with sunlight via a hydrogen panel. The principle was already demonstrated before via a lab-model, but now the first Gen 1 hydrogen panel prototype is completed. It looks very much like a classic solar panel. A little thicker and with a gas tap on the back instead of an electricity cable. A next step is to adapt the panel for industrial production. To make all this possible, the research project Solhyd will molt into a spin-off company of KU Leuven.

Reference – in Dutch