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- Li, Yanbo, et al.
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Cobalt phosphate-modified barium-doped tantalum nitride nanorod photoanode with 1.5% solar energy conversion efficiency
- 2013
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Ingår i: Nature Communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Spurred by the decreased availability of fossil fuels and global warming, the idea of converting solar energy into clean fuels has been widely recognized. Hydrogen produced by photoelectrochemical water splitting using sunlight could provide a carbon dioxide lean fuel as an alternative to fossil fuels. A major challenge in photoelectrochemical water splitting is to develop an efficient photoanode that can stably oxidize water into oxygen. Here we report an efficient and stable photoanode that couples an active barium-doped tantalum nitride nanostructure with a stable cobalt phosphate co-catalyst. The effect of barium doping on the photoelectrochemical activity of the photoanode is investigated. The photoanode yields a maximum solar energy conversion efficiency of 1.5%, which is more than three times higher than that of state-of-the-art single-photon photoanodes. Further, stoichiometric oxygen and hydrogen are stably produced on the photoanode and the counter electrode with Faraday efficiency of almost unity for 100 min.
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- Segev, Gideon, et al.
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The 2022 solar fuels roadmap
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Physics D. - : IOP Publishing. - 0022-3727 .- 1361-6463. ; 55:32
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Renewable fuel generation is essential for a low carbon footprint economy. Thus, over the last five decades, a significant effort has been dedicated towards increasing the performance of solar fuels generating devices. Specifically, the solar to hydrogen efficiency of photoelectrochemical cells has progressed steadily towards its fundamental limit, and the faradaic efficiency towards valuable products in CO2 reduction systems has increased dramatically. However, there are still numerous scientific and engineering challenges that must be overcame in order to turn solar fuels into a viable technology. At the electrode and device level, the conversion efficiency, stability and products selectivity must be increased significantly. Meanwhile, these performance metrics must be maintained when scaling up devices and systems while maintaining an acceptable cost and carbon footprint. This roadmap surveys different aspects of this endeavor: system benchmarking, device scaling, various approaches for photoelectrodes design, materials discovery, and catalysis. Each of the sections in the roadmap focuses on a single topic, discussing the state of the art, the key challenges and advancements required to meet them. The roadmap can be used as a guide for researchers and funding agencies highlighting the most pressing needs of the field.
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- Zhong, Miao, et al.
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A conductive ZnO-ZnGaON nanowire-array-on-a film photoanode for stable and efficient sunlight water splitting
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Ingår i: Energy & Environmental Science. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1754-5692 .- 1754-5706. ; 7:5, s. 1693-1699
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report highly stable and efficient sunlight water splitting on a ZnO-ZnGaON nanowire-array-on-a-film photoanode without the assistance of any co-catalyst. The single crystalline ZnO-ZnGaON nanowirearray- on-a-film photoanode was synthesized via a high-temperature vapor-phase diffusion reaction of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N) on a single crystal domain ZnO nanowire-array-on-a-film structure. The synthesized ZnO-ZnGaON photoanode offers visible light absorption through N incorporation, improved electrical conductivity via Ga incorporation, and structural advantages with the high-aspect-ratio nanowire array. Compared to the chemically unstable ZnO nanowire photoanode, the ZnO-ZnGaON nanowire photoanode significantly improves the anti-photocorrosive ability for water splitting. A highly stable photocurrent density of similar to 1.5 mA cm(-2) is obtained with the ZnO-ZnGaON nanowire photoanode at an applied bias of 0.8 V-RHE under continuous sunlight illumination over five hours without noticeable degradation.
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