A Particulate Photocatalyst Water-Splitting Panel for Large-Scale Solar Hydrogen Generation

Joule

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 509-520

  Goto, Yosuke ^a,g   Hisatomi, Takashi ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Higashi, Tomohiro ^a   Ishikiriyama, Kohki ^b   Maeda, Tatsuya ^b   Sakata, Yoshihisa ^b   Okunaka, Sayuri ^c,d   Tokudome, Hiromasa ^c,d   Katayama, Masao ^a   Akiyama, Seiji ^c,e   Nishiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Yasunobu ^a   Takewaki, Takahiko ^c,e   Setoyama, Tohru ^c,e   Minegishi, Tsutomu ^a   Takata, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yamada, Taro ^a   Domen, Kazunari ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem)   (Japan)

^d TOTO LTD   (Japan)

^e MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

artificial photosynthesis; hydrogen production; overall water splitting; reactor design; scalability; solar energy conversion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FORCED CONVECTION; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCALABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

INTRINSIC ACTIVITIES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; REACTOR DESIGNS; RENEWABLE HYDROGENS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SOLAR-HYDROGEN GENERATION; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 85043537985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25424351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2017.12.009     Document Type: Article

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