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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2009
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Masa-aki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyasu Suzuki, Nara, JP;
Hidehiro Sasaki, Neyagawa, JP;
Yasunori Morinaga, Suita, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Masa-aki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Nobuyasu Suzuki, Nara, JP;
Hidehiro Sasaki, Neyagawa, JP;
Yasunori Morinaga, Suita, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a water photolysis system comprising: a casinginto which incident sunlight L can enter from the outside and a photolytic layerwhich is disposed inside the casingwherein the photolytic layerhas a light-transmissive porous materialand photocatalyst particlessupported thereon; a water layercontaining water in its liquid state is disposed below the photolytic layerwith a first spacedisposed between the water layer and the photolytic layer; a sealed second spaceis formed above the photolytic layerin the casingvapor generated from the water layeris introduced into the photolytic layervia the first spaceand the vapor is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen by the photocatalyst particleswhich are excited by the sunlight L.