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Title: Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts

Abstract

A precious metal-free sequential series multijunction dye-sensitized solar cell (SSM-DSC)-powered water electrolysis system is shown using NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrodes. Furthermore, a stable 3.9% solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency is achieved using a recently reported black organic dye and graphene electrodes for DSCs.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States)
  2. Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1596581
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1582483
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019131
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ChemComm
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 10; Related Information: This document is an accepted manuscript version of a published article that appeared in final form in Chemical Communications, copyright © Royal Society of Chemistry after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cc/c9cc09209a/unauth#!divAbstract.; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Cheema, Hammad, Watson, Jonathon, Shinde, Pravin S., Rodrigues, Roberta R., Pan, Shanlin, and Delcamp, Jared H. Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/C9CC09209A.
Cheema, Hammad, Watson, Jonathon, Shinde, Pravin S., Rodrigues, Roberta R., Pan, Shanlin, & Delcamp, Jared H. Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09209A
Cheema, Hammad, Watson, Jonathon, Shinde, Pravin S., Rodrigues, Roberta R., Pan, Shanlin, and Delcamp, Jared H. Fri . "Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09209A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1596581.
@article{osti_1596581,
title = {Precious metal-free solar-to-fuel generation: SSM-DSCs powering water splitting with NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrocatalysts},
author = {Cheema, Hammad and Watson, Jonathon and Shinde, Pravin S. and Rodrigues, Roberta R. and Pan, Shanlin and Delcamp, Jared H.},
abstractNote = {A precious metal-free sequential series multijunction dye-sensitized solar cell (SSM-DSC)-powered water electrolysis system is shown using NanoCOT and NiMoZn electrodes. Furthermore, a stable 3.9% solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency is achieved using a recently reported black organic dye and graphene electrodes for DSCs.},
doi = {10.1039/C9CC09209A},
journal = {ChemComm},
number = 10,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Dec 20 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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