Performance assessment study of photo-electro-chemical water-splitting reactor designs for hydrogen production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2019, Pages 9237-9247

  Qureshy, Ali M M I ^a,b   Ahmed, Mahmoud ^b,c   Dincer, Ibrahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hydrogen production; Photo electrochemical reactor; Solar fuel; Solar hydrogen

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN FUELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR FUELS; SOLAR HYDROGEN; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85062004618     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.280     Document Type: Article

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