Final Report

Technical Report · Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1235734· OSTI ID:1235734

Chidambaram, Dev ^[1]; Misra, Mano ^[2]; Heske, Clemens ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
2. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
3. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)

The objectives included: Develop high efficiency metal oxide nanotubular array photo-anodes for generating hydrogen by water splitting; Develop density functional theory to understand the effect of the morphology of the nanotubes on the photo-electrochemical (PEC) properties of the photo-anodes; Develop kinetics and formation mechanism of the metal oxide nanotubes under different synthesis conditions; Develop combinatorial approach to prepare hybrid photo-anodes having multiple hetero-atoms incorporation in a single photo anode; Improve the durability of the material; and Scale up the laboratory demonstration to production unit.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
• Contributing Organization: Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Univ. of Utah
• DOE Contract Number: FG36-06GO86066
• OSTI ID: 1235734
• Report Number(s): DOE-UNR-86066-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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