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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Martin Demuth, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Peter Ritterskamp, Grefrath, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Demuth, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Peter Ritterskamp, Grefrath, DE;
Assignee:
H2 Solar GmbH, Lörrach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/06 (2006.01); C01B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a process for photochemical and thermochemical generation of hydrogen and/or oxygen, water is contacted with at least one Si-containing compound selected from silicides, silicide-like compositions, and oxides of the silicides and silicide-like compositions. The Si-containing compound is selected from metallosilicides and non-metallic silicides of the formula RSiOwherein R represents an organic, metallic, organometallic, biochemically derived and/or inorganic residue, wherein Si is silicon. The compound is preferably a silicide moiety with X>zero.