Solar fuels generator
Abstract
The solar fuels generator includes an ionically conductive separator between a gaseous first phase and a second phase. A photoanode uses one or more components of the first phase to generate cations during operation of the solar fuels generator. A cation conduit is positioned provides a pathway along which the cations travel from the photoanode to the separator. The separator conducts the cations. A second solid cation conduit conducts the cations from the separator to a photocathode.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568122
- Patent Number(s):
- 10242806
- Application Number:
- 15/982,832
- Assignee:
- The California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01G - CAPACITORS
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0004993
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 05/17/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Lewis, Nathan S., Spurgeon, Joshua M., West, William C., and Xiang, Chengxiang. Solar fuels generator. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Lewis, Nathan S., Spurgeon, Joshua M., West, William C., & Xiang, Chengxiang. Solar fuels generator. United States.
Lewis, Nathan S., Spurgeon, Joshua M., West, William C., and Xiang, Chengxiang. Tue .
"Solar fuels generator". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568122.
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author = {Lewis, Nathan S. and Spurgeon, Joshua M. and West, William C. and Xiang, Chengxiang},
abstractNote = {The solar fuels generator includes an ionically conductive separator between a gaseous first phase and a second phase. A photoanode uses one or more components of the first phase to generate cations during operation of the solar fuels generator. A cation conduit is positioned provides a pathway along which the cations travel from the photoanode to the separator. The separator conducts the cations. A second solid cation conduit conducts the cations from the separator to a photocathode.},
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