In the commercial space, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office just awarded a patent to Airbus
for a hypersonic passenger plane. The jet is
designed to utilize rocket engines to propel to
supersonic speeds, where hydrogen-powered wing
mounted ramjets would engage to propel the jet
to its destination. While still under
development, the plane could potentially fly
from New York
to London
in an hour, and from Paris
to Tokyo in under three hours.
"While these technologies are not yet available,
we see great potential for the use of hydrogen
fuel cell technology in the aeronautics space,"
said Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. "These recent
news events have occurred due to the global
commitment to hydrogen fuel innovation spanning
industries including consumer automobile,
transportation, industrial, and more. It is our
belief that the R&D efforts surrounding new
hydrogen technologies will result in an
increased demand for hydrogen fuel, one that
HyperSolar can potentially leverage upon its own
technology's commercialization."
HyperSolar's research is centered on developing
a low-cost and submersible hydrogen production
particle that can split water molecules under
the sun, emulating the core functions of
photosynthesis. Each particle is a complete
hydrogen generator that contains a novel high
voltage solar cell bonded to chemical catalysts
by a proprietary encapsulation coating.
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