INVESTIGATION OF THE FEATURES OF HYDROGEN
SYNTHESIS BY WATER DECOMPOSITION ON MICRO-
AND MACROSTRUCTURED SILICON POWDERS

V. A. Labunov, A. A. Kovalevskii, A. V. Dolbik,
A. S. Strogova, A. N. Saurov, and A. S. Basaev

UDC 577.23:620.95

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of the process 
of obtaining hydrogen with the use of micro- and nanostructured 
silicon powders. From the results of the investigations the optimum 
size of micro- and nanoparticles of silicon enabling the chemical 
reaction to proceed without energy expenditure has been established. 
The efficiency of the chemical synthesis of hydrogen as an alternative 
source of thermal energy has been shown.

Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics, 
6 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220027, Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-
Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 587-591, May-June, 2008. 
Original article submitted October 17, 2007.