Direct solar water splitting cell using water, WO3, Pt, and polymer electrolyte membrane

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1454-1457

  He, Xiaoming ^a   Boehm, Robert F ^b  

^a Photon Synergy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

IPCE; PEC; PEM; Photo electrolysis; Photo water splitting; Solar; STH; WO3

Indexed keywords

BIAS VOLTAGE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

IPCE; PEC; PEM; PHOTO ELECTROLYSIS; PHOTO WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR; STH; WO3;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 69349086876     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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