Key facts
- A Chinese plant extracts hydrogen, fresh water, uranium, and bromine from seawater.
- The technology improves electricity use efficiency by about 15%.
- The plant was developed by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics.
- The research was published in the journal Nature.
Chinese scientists have developed a small, stable co-production plant capable of extracting hydrogen, fresh water, uranium, and bromine from seawater. The system also reportedly improves electricity use efficiency by approximately 15% compared to existing technologies. The research was led by Deng Dehui and Liu Yanting from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and published in the journal Nature. The development aims to overcome the high costs and power demands associated with current seawater extraction methods.