Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydrogen production device and method for producing hydrogen
- Patent Title (中): 氢气生产装置及其制氢方法
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Application No.: US12995551Application Date: 2010-06-25
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Publication No.: US08632663B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Akihito Yoshida , Shunsuke Sata , Masaki Kaga
- Applicant: Akihito Yoshida , Shunsuke Sata , Masaki Kaga
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-274566 20091202
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/060874 WO 20100625
- International Announcement: WO2011/067958 WO 20110609
- Main IPC: C25B9/06
- IPC: C25B9/06 ; C25B1/04

Abstract:
There is provided a hydrogen production device high in light use efficiency and capable of producing hydrogen with high efficiency.The hydrogen production device according to the present invention includes a photoelectric conversion part having a light acceptance surface and a back surface, a first gas generation part provided on the back surface, and a second gas generation part provided on the back surface, in which one of the first gas generation part and the second gas generation part is a hydrogen generation part to generate H2 from an electrolytic solution, another one thereof is an oxygen generation part to generate O2 from the electrolytic solution, the first gas generation part is electrically connected to the back surface, and the second gas generation part is electrically connected to the light acceptance surface via a first conductive part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110214996A1 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN Public/Granted day:2011-09-08
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