A new kind of solar panel, developed at the University of Michigan, has achieved 9% efficiency in converting water into hydrogen and oxygen—mimicking a crucial step in natural photosynthesis. Outdoors, it represents a major leap in the technology, nearly 10 times more efficient than solar water-splitting experiments of its kind.<br /><br />Image credit: Brenda Ahearn/Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing<br /><br />Research Paper: Solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of more than 9% in photocatalytic water splitting <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05399-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05399-1</a><br /><br />News Source: <a href="https://news.umich.edu/cheap-sustainable-hydrogen-through-solar-power/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://news.umich.edu/cheap-sustainable-hydrogen-through-solar-power/</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp6La5sIvXY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp6La5sIvXY</a>