Thermodynamic and achievable efficiencies for solar-driven electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to transportation fuels

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 45, 2015, Pages E6111-E6118

  Singh, Meenesh R ^a   Clark, Ezra L ^a,b   Bell, Alexis T ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; FUEL; IRIDIUM; SILVER;

CATALYST; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84946763325     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1519212112     Document Type: Article

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