Revealing the role of redox reaction selectivity and mass transfer in current–voltage predictions for ensembles of photocatalysts

Barrera, Luisa; Layne, Bradley W.; Chen, Zejie; Watanabe, Kenta; Kudo, Akihiko; Esposito, Daniel V.; Ardo, Shane; Bala Chandran, Rohini

doi:10.1039/D4EE02005G

Revealing the role of redox reaction selectivity and mass transfer in current–voltage predictions for ensembles of photocatalysts

Journal Article · Tue Oct 29 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EE02005G· OSTI ID:2453940

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan
Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA

A powerful detailed-balance model predicts optimal gains with many optically thin photo absorbers instead of one thick absorber. Selectivity and efficiency are controlled by redox species mass-transfer rates regardless of kinetic asymmetry.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; EE0008838; SC0023431

OSTI ID:: 2453940

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 17; ISSN 1754-5692; ISSN EESNBY

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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