Integrating a dual-silicon photoelectrochemical cell into a redox flow battery for unassisted photocharging

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liao, Shichao ^a,b   Zong, Xu ^a   Seger, Brian ^c   Pedersen, Thomas ^c   Yao, Tingting ^a   Ding, Chunmei ^a   Shi, Jingying ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTON; PHOTOOXIDATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RECHARGEABLE FLOW CELL;

EID: 84965111236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11474     Document Type: Article

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