TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Components: In the method, the activation energy comprises thermal energy, electromagnetic energy and/or kinetic energy of a particle (preferably electromagnetic energy containing at least one source selected from x-rays, optical photons, -rays, microwave radiation, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, phonons and/or radiation in the frequencies ranging from gigahertz to terahertz); or environmental background radiation. The particle containing kinetic energy is selected from neutrons, protons, electrons, beta radiation, alpha radiation, mesons, pions, hadrons, leptons and/or baryons. In the device, the source of activation energy comprises a halogen lamp.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: In the method, the mixture is mechanically agitated prior to or simultaneous while exposing the mixture to the activation energy. The hydrogen source is in a solid, liquid, gas, plasma, or supercritical phase. The method further involves powering a device (preferably fuel cell, engine, turbine, motor, electrical device, thermo-electrical device, light or light amplification device and/or heater) by using the dissociated hydrogen and/or other byproducts of the dissociation. The method is performed at atmospheric pressure. Preferred Components: The nanotube comprises carbon nanotubes (preferably single walled and/or multi-walled, and having a length of 10 nm to 10 m). The nanotube has an inside diameter up to 100 nm. The nanotube is comprised of insulating, metallic, or semiconducting materials and combinations of such materials. In the device and in the method, the nanotube containing material comprises a dispersion of nanotubes and/or a network of nanotubes that is mechanically bonded (preferably the network of nanotubes are combined with other fibers prior to being contacted with the hydrogen containing compound); and the network of nanotubes comprises at least one woven, or non-woven nanotube material. The hydrogen containing source is compound selected from water, deuterated water, tritiated water and/or hydrocarbons.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred Device: The device further comprises at least one inlet for providing activation energy to the mixture; a mechanical agitator for agitating the mixture; a vessel for capturing the dissociated hydrogen; and a source of activation energy adjacent to the container. The inlet comprises at least one electrode capable of contacting at least the nanotube containing material. The container is sufficient to hold the mixture in an aquatic suspension, a magnetic field, an electric field and/or an electromagnetic field. The vessel is connected to the container by at least one tubular conduit, where the tubular conduit has at least one cooling mechanism attached thereto or there-around. At least one of the tubing, vessel, or container consists essentially of a glass. EXAMPLE - No suitable example is given.