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- Title
Getting the Most out of Solar Irradiation: Efficient Use of Polychromatic Light for Water Splitting.
- Authors
Taştan, Ümit; Ziegenbalg, Dirk
- Abstract
To increase the fraction of utilizable polychromatic light, a new reactor concept was developed and manufactured by using rapid prototyping technologies. Investigation of the prototypes revealed enhancements of the photocurrent by up to one order of magnitude, when TiO2 was used as the photoanode in combination with commercially available photovoltaic cells. The reported concept is scalable and an easy transfer to technical scale is expected from a technological as well as an economical perspective. Experimental results underline the conclusion that to achieve efficient overall use of solar irradiation both the material as well as the reactor/process must be considered. Combining these complementary approaches allows largest possible optimization potential. With respect to ongoing research, the concept also breaks ground for the development of catalysts.
- Subjects
SOLAR radiation; WATER electrolysis; POLYCHROMATORS; RAPID prototyping; PHOTOVOLTAIC cells
- Publication
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 52, p18824
- ISSN
0947-6539
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/chem.201602709