Evaluating particle-suspension reactor designs for Z-scheme solar water splitting via transport and kinetic modeling

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 115-135

  Bala Chandran, Rohini ^a   Breen, Sasuke ^b   Shao, Yuanxun ^c   Ardo, Shane ^b,c   Weber, Adam Z ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IODINE COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; KINETICS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN; RHODIUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLUTIONS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM TITANATES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFERS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SEMICONDUCTOR PARTICLES; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYST; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 85040915701     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c7ee01360d     Document Type: Article

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