A computational study of optically concentrating, solar-fuels generators from annual thermal-and fuel-production efficiency perspectives

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2016, Pages H475-H484

  Stevens, John C ^a,b   Weber, Adam Z ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FUELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; REAL WORLD DEPLOYMENT; TIME-VARYING TEMPERATURES; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84964678024     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.0121607jes     Document Type: Article

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