Applications of metal oxide materials in dye sensitized photoelectrosynthesis cells for making solar fuels: let the molecules do the work

被引:112
作者
Alibabaei, Leila [1 ,2 ]
Luo, Hanlin [1 ]
House, Ralph L. [1 ]
Hoertz, Paul G. [3 ]
Lopez, Rene [2 ]
Meyer, Thomas J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Chem, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Dept Phys & Astron, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[3] RTI Int, Res Triangle Solar Fuels Inst, Res Triangle Pk, NC 27709 USA
关键词
P-TYPE NIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY-CONVERSION; ELECTRON-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; SELECTIVE CO2 CONVERSION; DOPED TIO2 ELECTRODES; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; CHARGE-TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR-FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION;
D O I
10.1039/c2ta00935h
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Solar fuels hold great promise as a permanent, environmentally friendly, long-term renewable energy source, that would be readily available across the globe. In this account, an approach to solar fuels is described based on Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells (DSPEC) that mimic the configuration used in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC), but with the goal of producing oxygen and a high energy solar fuel in the separate compartments of a photoelectrochemical cell rather than a photopotential and photocurrent.
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页码:4133 / 4145
页数:13
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