Photocatalysis versus Photosynthesis: A Sensitivity Analysis of Devices for Solar Energy Conversion and Chemical Transformations

ACS Energy Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 445-453

  Osterloh, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROCOMPUTERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL LITERATURE; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; DESIGN CRITERIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARGE; FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC DEVICES;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 85020394547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23808195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00665     Document Type: Review

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