| 摘要 |
A partition member (34) which divides a glass container (31) into a reducing reaction chamber (32) and an oxidizing reaction chamber (33) and is made of a hydrogen ion conducting type polymer electrolyte is provided and solar battery modules (35) having photocell arrays (having an electromotive force of 2.0-2.4 V) composed of four serially connected spherical solar battery elements (having electromotive forces of 0.5-0.6 V), anodes (46), and cathodes (48) are mounted to the partition member (34) in the form of a matrix of, for example, five rows by three columns so that the anodes (46) and cathodes (48) can be respectively brought into contact with electrolytic solutions in the chambers (33 and 48). By irradiating the modules (35) with the sunlight, water is electrolyzed to generate a hydrogen gas from the cathodes (48) and an oxygen gas from the anodes (46) with the photovoltaic power of the modules (35). |
