Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a solar fuel generator. In one aspect, a device includes a photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell having a first surface and a second surface, a mesh disposed on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, and a polymer disposed on the mesh and on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell. The mesh has a catalyst disposed thereon. The polymer covers the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, with at least a portion of the mesh not being covered with the polymer.
- Inventors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1860199
- Patent Number(s):
- 11,208,322
- Application Number:
- 16/245,595
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; SC0004993
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 01/11/2019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Walczak, Karl A., Beeman, Jeffrey W., and Sharp, Ian D. Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh. United States: N. p., 2021.
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Walczak, Karl A., Beeman, Jeffrey W., & Sharp, Ian D. Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh. United States.
Walczak, Karl A., Beeman, Jeffrey W., and Sharp, Ian D. 2021.
"Solar fuel generator including a catalytic mesh". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1860199.
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abstractNote = {This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to a solar fuel generator. In one aspect, a device includes a photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell having a first surface and a second surface, a mesh disposed on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, and a polymer disposed on the mesh and on the first surface of the photovoltaic cell. The mesh has a catalyst disposed thereon. The polymer covers the first surface of the photovoltaic cell, with at least a portion of the mesh not being covered with the polymer.},
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