The present invention provides: a heat generation method that makes the first use of the ionic vacancies that are a by-product of an electrochemical reaction and have conventionally been left unreacted; and a device for implementing the same. The present invention pertains to: a heat generation method characterized by comprising colliding, in an electrochemical reaction that proceeds in an electrolysis cell, ionic vacancies having a positive charge generated at an anode and ionic vacancies having a negative charge generated at a cathode; and a heat generation device characterized by being equipped with an electrolysis cell provided with an anode and a cathode and an electrolyte solution accommodated within the electrolysis cell, and by generating heat by colliding ionic vacancies of opposite signs generated by causing the electrochemical reaction to proceed in the electrolysis cell via the anode and the cathode.

The present invention provides: a heat generation method that makes the first use of the ionic vacancies that are a by-product of an electrochemical reaction and have conventionally been left unreacted; and a device for implementing the same. The present invention pertains to: a heat generation method characterized by comprising colliding, in an electrochemical reaction that proceeds in an electrolysis cell, ionic vacancies having a positive charge generated at an anode and ionic vacancies having a negative charge generated at a cathode; and a heat generation device characterized by being equipped with an electrolysis cell provided with an anode and a cathode and an electrolyte solution accommodated within the electrolysis cell, and by generating heat by colliding ionic vacancies of opposite signs generated by causing the electrochemical reaction to proceed in the electrolysis cell via the anode and the cathode.

An electrolyzer stack is configured for high-speed manufacturing and assembly of a plurality of scalable electrolysis cells. Each cell comprises a plurality of water windows configured to maintain a pressure loss, temperature rise and/or oxygen outlet volume fraction below predetermined thresholds. Repeating components of the cells are configured based on a desired roll web width for production and a stack compression system is configured to enable a variable quantity and variable area of said repeating cells in a single stack. A high-speed manufacturing system is configured to produce scalable cells and assemble scalable stacks at rates in excess of 1,000 MW-class stacks per year.

An electrolyzer stack is configured for high-speed manufacturing and assembly of a plurality of scalable electrolysis cells. Each cell comprises a plurality of water windows configured to maintain a pressure loss, temperature rise and/or oxygen outlet volume fraction below predetermined thresholds. Repeating components of the cells are configured based on a desired roll web width for production and a stack compression system is configured to enable a variable quantity and variable area of said repeating cells in a single stack. A high-speed manufacturing system is configured to produce scalable cells and assemble scalable stacks at rates in excess of 1,000 MW-class stacks per year.

A system and process for producing doped carbon nanomaterials is disclosed. A carbonate electrolyte including a doping component is provided during the electrolysis between an anode and a cathode immersed in carbonate electrolyte contained in a cell. The carbonate electrolyte is heated to a molten state. An electrical current is applied to the anode, and cathode, to the molten carbonate electrolyte disposed between the anode and cathode. A morphology element maximizes carbon nanotubes, versus graphene versus carbon nano-onion versus hollow carbon nano-sphere nanomaterial product. The resulting carbon nanomaterial growth is collected from the cathode of the cell.

A vehicle oxygen generating system includes a heat source, a power source, a vehicle air handling assembly of a vehicle air conditioning system, an H.sub.2O source and an electrochemical oxygen producing device. The oxygen producing device is connected to the H.sub.2O source receiving H.sub.2O therefrom. The oxygen producing device uses heat from the heat source and electricity from the power source to produce H.sub.2 and O.sub.2 from H.sub.2O. The O.sub.2 produced by the oxygen producing device is directed to the vehicle air handling assembly and moved into a passenger compartment of a vehicle.

In a first implementation, a method for exfoliation of graphene flakes from a graphite sample includes compressing a graphite sample in an electrochemical reactor and applying a voltage between the graphite sample and an electrode in the electrochemical cell.

A containerized system for producing anhydrous ammonia from air, water and a power source, includes a containerized hydrogen production unit that produces hydrogen gas from a water source by low temperature electrolyser, high temperature electrolyser, battolyser or by other methods; a containerized nitrogen production unit comprising an onboard air compression and storage unit that produces and stores pressurized air, a pressure swing adsorption process or other methods that use regenerative molecule that does not need any maintenance, which intakes compressed air and produces nitrogen gas through a series of adsorption and desorption processes, or other such methods of producing nitrogen from air; a containerized ammonia production unit comprising a gas booster that increases the pressure of a mixture of the hydrogen gas and the nitrogen gas using the pressurized air; a multi-reactor assembly joint in series or in parallel; and a recycle loop that separates the ammonia from unreacted gases.

A containerized system for producing anhydrous ammonia from air, water and a power source, includes a containerized hydrogen production unit that produces hydrogen gas from a water source by low temperature electrolyser, high temperature electrolyser, battolyser or by other methods; a containerized nitrogen production unit comprising an onboard air compression and storage unit that produces and stores pressurized air, a pressure swing adsorption process or other methods that use regenerative molecule that does not need any maintenance, which intakes compressed air and produces nitrogen gas through a series of adsorption and desorption processes, or other such methods of producing nitrogen from air; a containerized ammonia production unit comprising a gas booster that increases the pressure of a mixture of the hydrogen gas and the nitrogen gas using the pressurized air; a multi-reactor assembly joint in series or in parallel; and a recycle loop that separates the ammonia from unreacted gases.

An electrolysis system for electrochemically breaking down water to form hydrogen and oxygen, having at least one electrolyser for electrochemically breaking down water to form hydrogen and oxygen. The electrolysis system also has a housing device for receiving the electrolyser, wherein the electrolyser is at least partially arranged in the housing device and the housing device is sealed relative to a first fluid surrounding the housing device. In the electrolyser, water is broken down to form hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and the oxygen are directed out of the housing device.