Solar-Driven Reduction of 1 atm of CO2 to Formate at 10% Energy-Conversion Efficiency by Use of a TiO2-Protected III-V Tandem Photoanode in Conjunction with a Bipolar Membrane and a Pd/C Cathode

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 764-770

  Zhou, Xinghao ^a,b   Liu, Rui ^b   Sun, Ke ^b,c   Chen, Yikai ^b   Verlage, Erik ^a,b   Francis, Sonja A ^b,c   Lewis, Nathan S ^b,c,d   Xiang, Chengxiang ^b,c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; PH; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIPOLAR MEMBRANES; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; HYDROXIDE IONS; OPERATIONAL CURRENT; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; TWO ELECTRODES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85008511238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00317     Document Type: Article

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