Issue 3, 2015

A sensitivity analysis to assess the relative importance of improvements in electrocatalysts, light absorbers, and system geometry on the efficiency of solar-fuels generators

Abstract

A sensitivity analysis has been performed for a variety of generic designs for solar-fuels generators. The analysis has revealed the relative importance of reductions in the overpotentials of electrocatalysts, of improvements in the materials properties of light absorbers, and of optimization in the system geometry for various different types of solar-fuels generators, while considering operation at a range of temperatures as well as under a variety of illumination intensities including up to 10-fold optical concentration.

Graphical abstract: A sensitivity analysis to assess the relative importance of improvements in electrocatalysts, light absorbers, and system geometry on the efficiency of solar-fuels generators

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Jul 2014
Accepted
23 Dec 2014
First published
24 Dec 2014

Energy Environ. Sci., 2015,8, 876-886

A sensitivity analysis to assess the relative importance of improvements in electrocatalysts, light absorbers, and system geometry on the efficiency of solar-fuels generators

Y. Chen, S. Hu, C. Xiang and N. S. Lewis, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8, 876 DOI: 10.1039/C4EE02314E

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