Nanowire mesh solar fuels generator

Yang, Peidong; Chan, Candace; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Bin

Title: Nanowire mesh solar fuels generator

Patent · Tue May 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1254179

Yang, Peidong; Chan, Candace; Sun, Jianwei; Liu, Bin

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a nanowire mesh solar fuels generator. In one aspect, a nanowire mesh solar fuels generator includes (1) a photoanode configured to perform water oxidation and (2) a photocathode configured to perform water reduction. The photocathode is in electrical contact with the photoanode. The photoanode may include a high surface area network of photoanode nanowires. The photocathode may include a high surface area network of photocathode nanowires. In some embodiments, the nanowire mesh solar fuels generator may include an ion conductive polymer infiltrating the photoanode and the photocathode in the region where the photocathode is in electrical contact with the photoanode.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Number(s):: 9,347,141

Application Number:: 13/658,707

OSTI ID:: 1254179

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Oct 23

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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