Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuel Production: From Basic Principles to Advanced Devices

✍ Scribed by Sixto Giménez, Juan Bisquert (eds.)

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 574
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book explores the conversion for solar energy into renewable liquid fuels through electrochemical reactions. The first section of the book is devoted to the theoretical fundamentals of solar fuels production, focusing on the surface properties of semiconductor materials in contact with aqueous solutions and the reaction mechanisms. The second section describes a collection of current, relevant characterization techniques, which provide essential information of the band structure of the semiconductors and carrier dynamics at the interface semiconductor. The third, and last section comprises the most recent developments in materials and engineered structures to optimize the performance of solar-to-fuel conversion devices.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Semiconductor Electrochemistry....Pages 3-40
The Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Mechanistic Concepts and Catalyst Design....Pages 41-104
Hydrogen and CO2 Reduction Reactions: Mechanisms and Catalysts....Pages 105-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Photoelectrochemical Cell Design, Efficiency, Definitions, Standards, and Protocols....Pages 163-197
Interface Engineering of Semiconductor Electrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Application of Surface Characterization with Photoelectron Spectroscopy....Pages 199-280
Analysis of Photoelectrochemical Systems by Impedance Spectroscopy....Pages 281-321
Advanced Photoelectrochemical Characterization: Principles and Applications of Dual-Working-Electrode Photoelectrochemistry....Pages 323-351
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Multinary Metal Oxide Photoelectrodes....Pages 355-391
Non-Oxide Materials (Nitrides, Chalcogenides, and Arsenides)....Pages 393-426
Combinatorial Synthesis and Screening of Oxide Materials for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion....Pages 427-462
Nanostructured Materials....Pages 463-492
Advanced Device Architectures and Tandem Devices....Pages 493-512
Dye Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells for Making Solar Fuels: From Basic Science to Prototype Devices....Pages 513-548
Back Matter....Pages 549-559

✦ Subjects

Renewable and Green Energy; Nanotechnology; Electrochemistry; Spectroscopy/Spectrometry; Nanochemistry; Semiconductors

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