Electrolyzer Design for Flexible Decoupled Water Splitting and Organic Upgrading with Electron Reservoirs

Chem

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 637-649

  Li, Wei ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a   Hu, Bo ^a   Liu, Xuan ^a   Song, Fuzhan ^a   Han, Guanqun ^a   Jordan, Taylor J ^a   Hanson, Tanner B ^a   Liu, T Leo ^a   Sun, Yujie ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decoupled water splitting; electron reservoir; low cost electrocatalysts; organic upgrading; solar driven electrolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043537603     PISSN: 24519308     EISSN: 24519294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.019     Document Type: Article

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