Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh

Walczak, Karl A.; Beeman, Jeffrey W.; Sharp, Ian D.

Title: Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh

Patent · Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2021

OSTI ID:1860199

Walczak, Karl A.; Beeman, Jeffrey W.; Sharp, Ian D.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a solar fuel generator. In one aspect, a device includes a photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell having a first surface and a second surface, a mesh disposed on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, and a polymer disposed on the mesh and on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell. The mesh has a catalyst disposed thereon. The polymer covers the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, with at least a portion of the mesh not being covered with the polymer.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; SC0004993

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 11,208,322

Application Number:: 16/245,595

OSTI ID:: 1860199

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 01/11/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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