Integrating a dual-silicon photoelectrochemical cell into a redox flow battery for unassisted photocharging

Shichao Liao; Xu Zong; Brian Seger; Thomas Pedersen; Tingting Yao; Chunmei Ding; Jingying Shi; Jian Chen; Can Li

doi:10.1038/ncomms11474

Nature Communications (May 2016)

Integrating a dual-silicon photoelectrochemical cell into a redox flow battery for unassisted photocharging

Shichao Liao,
Xu Zong,
Brian Seger,
Thomas Pedersen,
Tingting Yao,
Chunmei Ding,
Jingying Shi,
Jian Chen,
Can Li

Affiliations

Shichao Liao: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Xu Zong: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Brian Seger: Department of Physics, CINF, Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Pedersen: Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark
Tingting Yao: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Chunmei Ding: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Jingying Shi: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Jian Chen: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM
Can Li: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, iChEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11474
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Technologies for in situ capture and storage of intermittent solar energy are an important research goal. Here the authors report a solar rechargeable flow cell based on a dual-silicon photoelectrochemical cell and a quinone/bromine redox flow battery for in situsolar energy conversion and storage.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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