Okay kiddo, let me tell you about alkaline water electrolysis, but first, do you know about water and electricity?
Water is something that we drink, right? But did you know that water is also made up of tiny things called molecules? These molecules are made up of even tinier things called atoms, and the atoms in water are called hydrogen and oxygen.
Now, electricity is when we have energy flowing through something, like a wire. When we put electricity through water, it can actually split the water molecules apart into hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
And that's where alkaline water electrolysis comes in! It's a special way of using electricity to separate the atoms in water. "Alkaline" just means we add a special substance to the water to make it less acidic, which helps the process work better.
When we do electrolysis, we need two things: an electrode that's connected to a source of electricity, and a special kind of water called electrolyte water. This water has something called an ion in it that helps the electricity move around better.
The electrode gets put in the water, and when we turn on the electricity, it starts to flow through the water. This makes the water molecules split apart into hydrogen and oxygen, just like we talked about before.
The hydrogen atoms go to one electrode, and the oxygen atoms go to the other one. This means that we can collect the hydrogen and oxygen separately, and use them for different things. For example, we can use the hydrogen to power a car, or the oxygen for medical purposes.
So, that's basically what alkaline water electrolysis is - a way of using electricity to split water molecules apart, and collect the hydrogen and oxygen that come out of it. Pretty cool, huh?