Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting
Abstract
Efforts to develop renewable sources of carbon-neutral fuels have brought a renewed focus to research and development of sunlight-driven water-splitting systems. Electrolysis of water to produce H2 and O2 gases is the foundation of such systems, is conceptually and practically simple, and has been practiced both in the laboratory and industrially for many decades. In this Focus article, the fundamentals of water splitting and practices which distinguish commercial water-electrolysis systems from simple laboratory-scale demonstrations are described.
- Authors:
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- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beckman Inst. and Molecular Materials Research Center, and Kavli Nanoscience Inst.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1435807
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0004993
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Materials Horizons
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2051-6347
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 08 HYDROGEN; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
Citation Formats
Xiang, Chengxiang, Papadantonakis, Kimberly M., and Lewis, Nathan S. Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1039/c6mh00016a.
Xiang, Chengxiang, Papadantonakis, Kimberly M., & Lewis, Nathan S. Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting. United States. doi:10.1039/c6mh00016a.
Xiang, Chengxiang, Papadantonakis, Kimberly M., and Lewis, Nathan S. Fri .
"Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting". United States. doi:10.1039/c6mh00016a. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1435807.
@article{osti_1435807,
title = {Principles and implementations of electrolysis systems for water splitting},
author = {Xiang, Chengxiang and Papadantonakis, Kimberly M. and Lewis, Nathan S.},
abstractNote = {Efforts to develop renewable sources of carbon-neutral fuels have brought a renewed focus to research and development of sunlight-driven water-splitting systems. Electrolysis of water to produce H2 and O2 gases is the foundation of such systems, is conceptually and practically simple, and has been practiced both in the laboratory and industrially for many decades. In this Focus article, the fundamentals of water splitting and practices which distinguish commercial water-electrolysis systems from simple laboratory-scale demonstrations are described.},
doi = {10.1039/c6mh00016a},
journal = {Materials Horizons},
number = 3,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {2}
}
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