Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are developing ways to generate hydrogen from algae, using photosynthesis, taking energy from the sun.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is also involved. The team is led by Barry Bruce, professor of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology at UT Knoxville.

The researchers found a type of algae - thermophilic blue green algae, which is normally found in warmer waters, which could produce a steady stream of hydrogen when exposed to light, with a platinum catalyst. The reaction can work at 55 degrees C.

They also found that the temperature was 10 times more efficient as temperature increased.

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