Design principles for efficient photoelectrodes in solar rechargeable redox flow cell applications

Dowon Bae; Gerasimos Kanellos; Gerrit M. Faasse; Emil Dražević; Anirudh Venugopal; Wilson A. Smith

doi:10.1038/s43246-020-0020-7

Communications Materials (Apr 2020)

Design principles for efficient photoelectrodes in solar rechargeable redox flow cell applications

Dowon Bae,
Gerasimos Kanellos,
Gerrit M. Faasse,
Emil Dražević,
Anirudh Venugopal,
Wilson A. Smith

Affiliations

Dowon Bae: Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)
Gerasimos Kanellos: Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)
Gerrit M. Faasse: Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)
Emil Dražević: Department of Engineering – Aarhus University
Anirudh Venugopal: Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)
Wilson A. Smith: Delft University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering - Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage (MECS)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-0020-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Rational design of photoelectrodes is a key requirement to boost conversion efficiency of photoelectrochemical redox flow cells. Here, band alignment design and surface coverage control are used to design single-photon photoelectrodes that achieve 9.4% solar-to-chemical conversion efficiency.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmat/

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