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Solar-powered desalination produces energy

By 2016-07-29T00:00:00

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Nanocomposite helps to produce drinking water and fuel

Over 300 million people worldwide rely on the desalination of seawater for their daily water needs, even though it is an energy-intensive and expensive process. But what if you could use desalination to make energy instead of consume it? A research team from Singapore has done just this, designing a prototype solar-powered reactor that converts seawater into clean drinking water and hydrogen fuel.

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