Novel Hydrogen Compounds from a Potassium Carbonate Electrolytic Cell

Novel compounds containing hydrogen in new hydride and polymeric states that demonstrate novel hydrogen chemistry have been isolated following the electrolysis of a K₂CO₃ electrolyte with the production of excess energy. Inorganic hydride clusters K[KH KHCO₃]_n⁺ and hydrogen polymer ions such as OH₂₃⁺ and H₁₆^- were identified by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy. The presence of compounds containing new states of hydrogen was confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.