scholarly journals Use of Chalcogenide-Semiconductor-Sensitized Titania to Directly Charge a Vanadium Redox Battery

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137
Author(s):  
Tatiana Santos Andrade ◽  
Anastasios Keramidas ◽  
Panagiotis Lianos
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Carbon Paper ◽  
Chalcogenide Semiconductor ◽  
Vanadium Redox Battery ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Sufficient Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Vanadium Redox

Unmediated charging of a battery using solar radiation is a very attractive project of solar energy conversion and storage. In the present work, solar energy was converted into electricity using a photocatalytic fuel cell operating with a chalcogenide-semiconductor-sensitized nanoparticulate titania photoanode and an air-cathode functioning by oxygen reduction. This cell produced sufficient energy to directly charge a vanadium redox battery functioning with a VOSO4 electrolyte and carbon paper electrodes. The whole system is characterized by ease of construction and simplicity of conception; therefore, it satisfies conditions for practical applications.

NiMoOx as a Highly Protective layer against Photocorrosion for Solar Seawater Splitting

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaotian Guo ◽  
Xianhu Liu ◽  
Lei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Surface Reaction ◽  
Protective Layer ◽  
Reaction Dynamics ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
And Storage

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) seawater splitting is a promising alternative for solar energy conversion and storage. However, the sluggish surface reaction dynamics and photocorrosion/corrosion generally limit the semiconductors for potential large-scale application....

Photo-assisted Charge/discharge Li-organic Battery with a Charge-separated and Redox-active C60@Porous Organic Cage Cathode

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Zhang ◽  
Kongzhao Su ◽  
Aya Mohamed ◽  
Caiping Liu ◽  
Qing-Fu Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Redox Active ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
Organic Batteries ◽  
A Charge ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Charge Discharge

Photo-assisted Li-organic batteries provide an attractive approach for solar energy conversion and storage, while the challenge lies in the design of high-efficiency organic cathodes. Herein, a charge-separated and redox-active C60@porous...

scholarly journals Hybrid Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material and Carbon Nanotube Suspensions toward Solar Energy Conversion and Storage

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4401
Author(s):  
Jun Li ◽  
Lisi Jia ◽  
Longjian Li ◽  
Zehang Huang ◽  
Ying Chen
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Microencapsulated Phase Change Material ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
New Type ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Change Material

In this study, a new type of functional hybrid suspension for solar energy conversion and thermal energy storage was prepared by adding carbon nanotube (CNT) and microencapsulated phase-change material (MEPCM) into deionized water. MEPCM with octadecane as the core material and titania (TiO2) as the shell material was synthesized by the sol–gel method. The MEPCMs were spherical particles with diameters of 2–4 μm, and the thickness of the shell was about 100 nm. The MEPCM achieved better thermal stability and thermal conductivity than the pure octadecane due to the TiO2 shell. The melting and solidification latent heats of the MEPCM were about 154.24 and 154.26 J/g, respectively. The encapsulation efficiency of octadecane was calculated to be 65.84%. Most of all, the novel hybrid CNT and MEPCM suspensions exhibited remarkable dispersion stability owing to the stable reticular structure composed of CNT in the suspension. Compared with pure water, the thermal conductivity, specific heat of the MEPCM/CNT suspension improved by 34.48 and 43.57%, respectively and the photo-thermal conversion efficiency reached a high value of 86.0%. This work provided a new type of hybrid functional suspension towards direct absorption solar collector for solar energy conversion and storage.

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