Modeling, Simulation, and Implementation of Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices

Chengxiang Xiang¹, Adam Z Weber², Shane Ardo³, Alan Berger⁴, YiKai Chen⁵, Robert Coridan⁶, Katherine T Fountaine⁷, Sophia Haussener⁸, Shu Hu^{5

9}, Rui Liu⁵, Nathan S Lewis^{5

10}, Miguel A Modestino¹¹, Matthew M Shaner^{5

10}, Meenesh R Singh^{12

13}, John C Stevens¹², Ke Sun^{5

10}, Karl Walczak¹²

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¹ Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. cxx@caltech.edu.
² Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. azweber@lbl.gov.
³ Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California Irvine, USA.
⁴ Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, USA.
⁵ Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, USA.
⁷ Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Laboratory, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, USA.
⁸ Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Schweiz.
⁹ Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 210 Noyes Laboratory, 127-72, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA.
¹¹ School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Schweiz.
¹² Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

PMID: 27460923
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510463

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Modeling, Simulation, and Implementation of Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices

Chengxiang Xiang et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016.

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. 2016 Oct 10;55(42):12974-12988.

doi: 10.1002/anie.201510463.

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Affiliations

¹ Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. cxx@caltech.edu.
² Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA. azweber@lbl.gov.
³ Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California Irvine, USA.
⁴ Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, USA.
⁵ Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, USA.
⁷ Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Laboratory, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, USA.
⁸ Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Schweiz.
⁹ Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 210 Noyes Laboratory, 127-72, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA.
¹¹ School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Schweiz.
¹² Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
¹³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.

PMID: 27460923
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510463

Abstract

An integrated cell for the solar-driven splitting of water consists of multiple functional components and couples various photoelectrochemical (PEC) processes at different length and time scales. The overall solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency of such a system depends on the performance and materials properties of the individual components as well as on the component integration, overall device architecture, and system operating conditions. This Review focuses on the modeling- and simulation-guided development and implementation of solar-driven water-splitting prototypes from a holistic viewpoint that explores the various interplays between the components. The underlying physics and interactions at the cell level is are reviewed and discussed, followed by an overview of the use of the cell model to provide target properties of materials and guide the design of a range of traditional and unique device architectures.

Keywords: device architecture; hydrogen; modeling; photoelectrochemistry; solar-driven water splitting.

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