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Prototyping Development of Integrated Solar-driven Water-splitting Cells

Xiang, Chengxiang and Walczak, Karl and Haber, Joel and Jones, Ryan and Beeman, Jeffrey W. and Guevarra, Dan and Karp, Chris and Liu, Rui and Shaner, Matthew and Sun, Ke and West, William and Zhou, Lan (2018) Prototyping Development of Integrated Solar-driven Water-splitting Cells. In: Integrated Solar Fuel Generators. Energy and Environment Series. No.22. Royal Society of Chemistry , Cambridge, pp. 389-453. ISBN 978-1-78262-555-1. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180910-111352528

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Abstract

Producing fuels directly from sunlight using cost effective, and earth-abundant materials, with scalable processes, offers a unique opportunity and design space for long-term, grid-scale energy storage. Efficient solar-fuel devices require synergistic assembly of light absorbers, electrocatalysts, membrane separators and electrolytes. This book chapter summaries key materials, components and device designs that are critical to advance this technology, as well as attempts on integration of materials and components at different length scales during the original phase of JCAP. Not only successful device demonstrations but also failed attempts and lessons learned during the research and development will be presented, including stability and compatibility of various epoxy materials in different electrolytes, experimental handling and integration of ion-exchange membranes, and failed attempts on light absorber materials and lessons learned on electrolyte conditions and constraints. The book chapter is organized as follows: first, the selections of materials and components that constitute efficient, stable, scalable and safe solar fuel devices will be discussed in detail. Then, full device design, characterization and benchmarking will be reviewed and discussed. At the end, a system engineering approach will be introduced and specific examples of hierarchical requirements relating to the solar-fuel devices will be given. Prototyping and benchmarking integrated solar-driven water-splitting devices play a critical role in evaluating newly discovered materials and components in the real world settings and provide technical readiness level for practical development and deployment. Significant efforts in developing standard protocols for benchmarking are still needed to advance photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.


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AuthorORCID
Xiang, Chengxiang0000-0002-1698-6754
Haber, Joel0000-0001-7847-5506
Jones, Ryan0000-0002-4629-3115
Guevarra, Dan0000-0002-9592-3195
Shaner, Matthew0000-0003-4682-9757
Sun, Ke0000-0001-8209-364X
Zhou, Lan0000-0002-7052-266X
Additional Information:© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Group:JCAP
Series Name:Energy and Environment Series
Issue or Number:22
DOI:10.1039/9781788010313-00387
Record Number:CaltechAUTHORS:20180910-111352528
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180910-111352528
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ID Code:89488
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Deposited By: Tony Diaz
Deposited On:10 Sep 2018 19:52
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