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## European researchers discuss obtaining fuels from solar power with low-cost devices at the UJI They are part of the European project “Photogererated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems”

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Researchers from different European research centres in Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany and Spain have met at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón to discuss the generation of fuels from hydrogen generated with sunlight and with low-cost plastic materials. The PHOCS European project (Photogererated Hydrogen by Organic Catalytic Systems), in which the Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices (DFO) group participates, seeks to optimize the use of plastic materials, which are cheaper and more sustainable, for the production of hydrogen. The DFO group is led by UJI professor Joan Bisquert.

One of the main challenges in this research is the use of polymeric materials (plastics), which are abundant and inexpensive and have a high versatility, to obtain the so-called “solar fuels” from hydrogen generation. Sixto Giménez, researcher of the project at the UJI, explains that “hydrogen can be used as petrol due to its large energy potential, and that energy can be converted into electricity, mechanical energy, etc.”

Thus, the research in which the UJI participates will contribute to the transition from the current energy model, based on fossil fuels, to a sustainable and environmentally friendly model based on solar energy. This transition will be possible thanks to the development of new organic semiconductor materials that will perform the photodecomposition of water allowing the generation of hydrogen in an efficient way. Energy models based on hydrogen (hydrogen economy) are a priority in technology development programmes of the first world economies (USA, the European Union and Japan).

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