Funny you should say that about cracking seawater, a study was just published where it was achieved with near 100% efficiency using inexpensive, non-rare or precious catalysts without the need for purifying the seawater first. Very cool. Use a windfarm or solar to generate the power and you can almost solve the whole energy storage "what-happens-when-the-sun-doesn't-shine-or-wind-won't-blow" issue.mk1 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:33 pm
Cracking sea water to obtain hydrogen is not that difficult, neither are the storage & transmission issues. Yes the infrastructure is crap at the mo, but it "could" be improved. where as the sources of lithium for Li-on batteries are already looking dodgy to say the least.
For my money, hydrogen is certainly worth a closer look. Shame it's not a bit more "energy dense".
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-023-01195-x
