Difference between revisions of "Mechanosynthetic water splitting"
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'''Todo:''' How does the basic diamondoid [[mechanosynthesis]] toolset (consisting of nine tools) need to be extended to be able to reversibly rip H<sub>2</sub>O apart? | '''Todo:''' How does the basic diamondoid [[mechanosynthesis]] toolset (consisting of nine tools) need to be extended to be able to reversibly rip H<sub>2</sub>O apart? | ||
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| + | According to the book [[Nanosystems]] oxygen is one of the more difficult elements to handle at room temperature ['''todo:''' check for correctness and add chapter] due to its weaker bond strengths. Also oxygen (like its group companion sulfur) normally forms only two bonds under average conditions. Electron deficiency bonds (e.g. with boron) that grab the lone pair may be usable but this has not yet been analyzed. But even hydrogen which normally forms only one bond can be mechanosynthetically transferred, so there should be no fundamental problems. | ||
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Revision as of 04:41, 29 March 2015
Use cases
- Gaining hydrogen for the hydrogenation of carbon after mechanosynthetic carbon dioxide splitting
- Splitting into dioxygen and dihydrogen and storage in high pressure microcapsules for energy storage
- gaining oxygen when the hydrogen is needed too (seldom case) otherwise mechanosynthetic splitting of atmospheric dioxigen is a better choice
Todo: How does the basic diamondoid mechanosynthesis toolset (consisting of nine tools) need to be extended to be able to reversibly rip H2O apart?
Notes
According to the book Nanosystems oxygen is one of the more difficult elements to handle at room temperature [todo: check for correctness and add chapter] due to its weaker bond strengths. Also oxygen (like its group companion sulfur) normally forms only two bonds under average conditions. Electron deficiency bonds (e.g. with boron) that grab the lone pair may be usable but this has not yet been analyzed. But even hydrogen which normally forms only one bond can be mechanosynthetically transferred, so there should be no fundamental problems.
