Devices and methods for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Friedman, Daniel Joseph; Deutsch, Todd Gregory; Turner, John A.; Doscher, Henning; Young, James Luke; Steiner, Myles; France, Ryan Matthew

Title: Devices and methods for photoelectrochemical water splitting

Patent · Tue Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2018

OSTI ID:1491156

Friedman, Daniel Joseph; Deutsch, Todd Gregory; Turner, John A.; Doscher, Henning; Young, James Luke; Steiner, Myles; France, Ryan Matthew

The present disclosure relates to photoelectrochemical devices and systems for capturing the energy of electromagnetic radiation and utilizing the captured energy for electrolysis to produce hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Assignee:: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)

Patent Number(s):: 10,087,535

Application Number:: 15/078,206

OSTI ID:: 1491156

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2016 Mar 23

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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