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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tihiro Ohkawa, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204129 ; 204248 ; 204278 ; 204D / ; 136251 ; 136291 ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic-electrolytic unit is provided to produce an electric current from solar energy and utilize the current to produce hydrogen by the electrolysis of water. The unit floats in an aqueous medium so that photoelectric cells are exposed to solar radiation, and electrodes submerged in the medium produce oxygen which is vented and hydrogen which is collected in the unit.