Exploiting heat transfer to achieve efficient photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction under light concentration

Kistler, Tobias A.; Um, Min Young; Cooper, Jason K.; Sharp, Ian D.; Agbo, Peter

doi:10.1039/d1ee03957a

Title: Exploiting heat transfer to achieve efficient photoelectrochemical CO₂ reduction under light concentration

Journal Article · 01 April 2022 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee03957a · OSTI ID:1877594

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Technische Univ. München, Garching (Germany)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Technische Univ. München, Garching (Germany)

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels represents a promising path towards combating anthropogenic CO₂ emissions. However, the limited conversion efficiencies, operation lifetimes and CO₂ utilization efficiencies of PEC devices currently prohibit their application beyond the laboratory scale. Here, a wireless device converting CO₂ and water into carbon monoxide and hydrogen at a peak solar conversion efficiency exceeding 16% under an illumination intensity of 5 suns is demonstrated. A CO/H₂ product ratio between 10–20 is measured during a 17 h stability test. Fluctuations in device performance are rigorously analyzed via deconvolution of electrochemical and photoabsorber contributions. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that beneficial heat dissipation is enabled by wireless integration of the photoabsorber and electrocatalyst components, accounting for roughly 10% of the achieved conversion efficiency, an achievement unattainable with physically separated photoabsorber and electrolyzer components.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0004993; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1877594

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1862090

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 15, Issue 5; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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