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http://dx.doi.org/10.7464/ksct.2021.27.1.85

Optimization of Solar Water Battery for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion and Storage  

Go, Hyunju (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
Park, Yiseul (Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University)
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Clean Technology / v.27, no.1, 2021 , pp. 85-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
A solar water battery is a system that generates power using solar energy. It is a combination of photoelectrochemical cells and an energy storage system. It can simultaneously convert and store solar energy without additional external voltage. Solar water batteries consist of photoelectrodes, storage electrodes and counter electrodes, and their properties and combination are important for the performance and the efficiency of the system. In this study, we tried to find the effect that changing the components of solar water batteries has on its system. The effects of the counter electrode during discharge, the kinds of photoelectrode and storage electrode materials, and electrolytes on the solar energy conversion and storage capacitance were studied. The optimized composition (TiO2 : NaFe-PB : Pt foil) exhibited 72.393 mAh g-1 of discharge capacity after 15 h of photocharging. It indicates that the efficiency of solar energy conversion and storage is largely affected by the configuration of the system. Also, the addition of organic pollutants to the chamber of the photoelectrode improved the battery's photo-current and discharge capacity by efficient photoelectron-hole pair separation with simultaneous degradation of organic pollutants. Solar water batteries are a new eco-friendly solar energy conversion and storage system that does not require additional external voltages. It is also expected to be used for water treatment that utilizes solar energy.
Keywords
Solar energy conversion and storage; Photoelectrochemical cell; Energy storage;
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