Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis

Q Wang, C Pornrungroj, S Linley, E Reisner - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight offers a promising sustainable solution for chemical
energy storage, but inefficient utilization of the solar spectrum limits its commercial viability …

Recent Advances in Photoelectrochemical Applications of Silicon Materials for Solar‐to‐Chemicals Conversion

D Zhang, J Shi, W Zi, P Wang, S Liu - ChemSusChem, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) technology for the conversion of solar energy into chemicals
requires cost‐effective photoelectrodes to efficiently and stably drive anodic and/or cathodic …

Upscaling high activity oxygen evolution catalysts based on CoFe2O4 nanoparticles supported on nickel foam for power-to-gas electrochemical conversion with …

F Urbain, R Du, P Tang, V Smirnov, T Andreu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate cobalt ferrite nanoparticles (NPs) supported on large-scale electrodes as
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysts. Colloidal CoFe 2 O 4 NPs were loaded on low …

New insight into the hydrogen evolution reaction under buffered near-neutral pH conditions: enthalpy and entropy of activation

T Shinagawa, K Takanabe - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical conversion of thermodynamically stable chemicals of water and carbon
dioxide is regarded as a core technology for achieving sustainability in our society. In both …

Solar vanadium redox-flow battery powered by thin-film silicon photovoltaics for efficient photoelectrochemical energy storage

F Urbain, S Murcia-López, N Nembhard… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Solar-powered vanadium redox-flow batteries (VRFB) have emerged as an attractive
method for large-scale and efficient energy storage and conversion. However, due to the …

Photoelectrochemical water splitting using adapted silicon based multi-junction solar cell structures: development of solar cells and catalysts, upscaling of combined …

F Finger, K Welter, F Urbain, V Smirnov… - Zeitschrift für …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Thin film silicon based multi-junction solar cells were developed for application in combined
photovoltaic electrochemical systems for hydrogen production from water splitting. Going …

Catalysts from earth abundant materials in a scalable, stand-alone photovoltaic-electrochemical module for solar water splitting

K Welter, N Hamzelui, V Smirnov, JP Becker… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the preparation and performance of catalysts from earth abundant materials
and their implementation in a stand-alone photovoltaic-electrochemical (PV-EC) module …

A miniature solar device for overall water splitting consisting of series-connected spherical silicon solar cells

Y Kageshima, T Shinagawa, T Kuwata, J Nakata… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract A novel “photovoltaics (PV)+ electrolyzer” concept is presented using a simple,
small and completely stand-alone non-biased device for solar-driven overall water splitting …

Multilayered hematite nanowires with thin‐film silicon photovoltaics in an all‐earth‐abundant hybrid tandem device for solar water splitting

F Urbain, P Tang, V Smirnov, K Welter… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of hybrid tandem device structures that combine metal oxides with thin‐film
semiconducting photoabsorbers holds great promise for large‐scale, robust, and cost …

An integrated photoanode based on non-critical raw materials for robust solar water splitting

D Cardenas-Morcoso, M García-Tecedor… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we have developed an integrated photoanode for solar water splitting based on an
“Earth-abundant” Ni–Fe based electrocatalyst combined with a versatile multijunction Si …