期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 41, 期 28, 页码 11941-11948出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.079
关键词
Solar hydrogen; Conversion efficiency; Solar-to-hydrogen conversion; Oxygen and hydrogen evolution mechanisms
资金
- Australian Research Council [DP130101205]
- Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)
- Swinburne University
The current state of the art in direct water splitting in photo-electrochemical cells (PECs) is presented together with: (i) a case study of water splitting using a simple solar cell with the most efficient water splitting electrodes and (ii) a detailed mechanism analysis. Detailed analysis of energy balance and efficiency of solar hydrogen production are presented. The role of hydrogen peroxide formation as an intermediate in oxygen evolution reaction is newly revealed and explains why an oxygen evolution is not taking place at the thermodynamically expected 1.23 V potential. Mechanism of cascading oxidation of water molecules via the peroxide stage is proposed and conforms with experimental observation. Solar hydrogen production with electrical-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 52% is demonstrated using a simple similar to 0.7%-efficient n-Si/Ni Schottky solar cell connected to a water electrolysis cell. This case study shows that separation of the processes of solar harvesting and electrolysis avoids photo-electrode corrosion and utilizes optimal electrodes for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions and achieves similar to 10% efficiency in light to-hydrogen conversion with a standard 18% efficient household roof Si-solar cells. Strategy to increase efficiency above 15% for a single junction cell is outlined. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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