Modeling and Simulation of the Spatial and Light-Intensity Dependence of Product Distributions in an Integrated Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction System

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 273-280

  Chen, Yikai ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a   Xiang, Chengxiang ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY GAP;

CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTRODE DIMENSIONS; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING; OPERATING CURRENT DENSITIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85008423749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00134     Document Type: Article

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