Photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting process is regarded as a promising route to generate hydrogen by solar energy and at the heart of PEC is efficient electrode design.Great progress has been achieved in the aspe...Photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting process is regarded as a promising route to generate hydrogen by solar energy and at the heart of PEC is efficient electrode design.Great progress has been achieved in the aspects of material design,cocatalyst study,and electrode fabrication over the past decades.However,some key challenges remain unsolved,including the most demanded conversion efficiency issue.As three critical steps,i.e.light harvesting,charge transfer and surface reaction of the PEC process,occur in a huge range of time scale(from10-12s to100s),how to manage these subsequent steps to facilitate the seamless cooperation between each step to realize efficient PEC process is essentially important.This review focuses on an integral consideration of the three key criteria based on the recent progress on high efficient and stable photoelectrode design in PEC.The basic principles and potential strategies are summarized.Moreover,the challenge and perspective are also discussed.展开更多
The combination of photovoltaic system with a thermal to form the hybrid PVT (photovoltaic thermal), which together will generate electricity and heat. This energy depends on the input that is to say the energy of s...The combination of photovoltaic system with a thermal to form the hybrid PVT (photovoltaic thermal), which together will generate electricity and heat. This energy depends on the input that is to say the energy of solar radiation, temperature and speed wind and output which is the operating temperature of the system. This production also depends on the mode of heat removal. The authors present in this article; a study by a numerical simulation of the thermal behavior of a prototype hybrid sensor through the development of an energy balance that involves heat exchange between the different components of the hybrid sensor, and it will allow us to study the influence of internal and external parameters on the temperature variation in the different layers of the prototype PV/T studied.展开更多
文摘Photoelectrochemical(PEC)water splitting process is regarded as a promising route to generate hydrogen by solar energy and at the heart of PEC is efficient electrode design.Great progress has been achieved in the aspects of material design,cocatalyst study,and electrode fabrication over the past decades.However,some key challenges remain unsolved,including the most demanded conversion efficiency issue.As three critical steps,i.e.light harvesting,charge transfer and surface reaction of the PEC process,occur in a huge range of time scale(from10-12s to100s),how to manage these subsequent steps to facilitate the seamless cooperation between each step to realize efficient PEC process is essentially important.This review focuses on an integral consideration of the three key criteria based on the recent progress on high efficient and stable photoelectrode design in PEC.The basic principles and potential strategies are summarized.Moreover,the challenge and perspective are also discussed.
文摘The combination of photovoltaic system with a thermal to form the hybrid PVT (photovoltaic thermal), which together will generate electricity and heat. This energy depends on the input that is to say the energy of solar radiation, temperature and speed wind and output which is the operating temperature of the system. This production also depends on the mode of heat removal. The authors present in this article; a study by a numerical simulation of the thermal behavior of a prototype hybrid sensor through the development of an energy balance that involves heat exchange between the different components of the hybrid sensor, and it will allow us to study the influence of internal and external parameters on the temperature variation in the different layers of the prototype PV/T studied.