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

Cheema, Hammad; Watson, Jonathon; Shinde, Pravin S.; Rodrigues, Roberta R.; Pan, Shanlin; Delcamp, Jared H.

doi:10.1039/C9CC09209A

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

Journal Article · 19 December 2019 · ChemComm

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC09209A · OSTI ID:1596581

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Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States); University of Mississippi
Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States)
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019131

OSTI ID:: 1596581

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1582483

Journal Information:: ChemComm, Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 56; ISSN CHCOFS; ISSN 1359-7345

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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