About Solar Fuels and Storage Technologies
Solar Fuels and Storage Technologies
About this Collection
This collection is now closed to submissions.
The world is witnessing a major transformation in the energy sector, and solar energy plays a key role for its swift decarbonization. Technologies that can efficiently harvest and convert solar energy into a storable and transportable fuel are under intensive development for reducing the current dependency on fossil fuels.
Hydrogen produced via photoelectrochemical water splitting is enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum as it is a valuable industrial chemical feedstock and energy vector. The challenge is finding suitable, efficient and cheap photoelectrode materials that simultaneously meet stability and scalabilty milestones.
Photoreduction of CO2 is even more challenging but equally important to be studied as it can produce storable value-added chemical products directly contributing to the reduction of the high atmospheric CO2 concentration. Scientists struggle to design catalysts with improved properties grounded in the fundamental knowledge of the reaction mechanisms.
The unique solar redox flow cell technology harvests the energy from sunlight and stores this in electrochemical fuels, which can be discharged in a redox flow battery for generating electricity. The use of redox pairs gives freedom to tailor the photoelectrode to render it stable against corrosion.
For guiding the development of solar fuels and storage technologies, it is critical to develop and apply dedicated phenomenological modelling and simulation tools, as well as their lifecycle, social, and economic assessment.
This Collection provides researchers with a space to openly publish their work on solar fuels and storage technologies. The scope of the Collection includes, but is not limited to:
This collection is open for submissions.
Keywords: Solar energy storage; solar fuels; photoelectrochemical cells; hydrogen; solar water splitting; CO2 photoreduction; solar redox flow cells; photoelectrodes; catalysts; redox pairs/electrolytes
Any questions about this collection? Please get in contact with research@f1000.com.
The world is witnessing a major transformation in the energy sector, and solar energy plays a key role for its swift decarbonization. Technologies that can efficiently harvest and convert solar energy into a storable and transportable fuel are under intensive development for reducing the current dependency on fossil fuels.
Hydrogen produced via photoelectrochemical water splitting is enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum as it is a valuable industrial chemical feedstock and energy vector. The challenge is finding suitable, efficient and cheap photoelectrode materials that simultaneously meet stability and scalabilty milestones.
Photoreduction of CO2 is even more challenging but equally important to be studied as it can produce storable value-added chemical products directly contributing to the reduction of the high atmospheric CO2 concentration. Scientists struggle to design catalysts with improved properties grounded in the fundamental knowledge of the reaction mechanisms.
The unique solar redox flow cell technology harvests the energy from sunlight and stores this in electrochemical fuels, which can be discharged in a redox flow battery for generating electricity. The use of redox pairs gives freedom to tailor the photoelectrode to render it stable against corrosion.
For guiding the development of solar fuels and storage technologies, it is critical to develop and apply dedicated phenomenological modelling and simulation tools, as well as their lifecycle, social, and economic assessment.
This Collection provides researchers with a space to openly publish their work on solar fuels and storage technologies. The scope of the Collection includes, but is not limited to:
- Solar energy conversion and storage systems
- Photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting
- Photoreduction of CO2
- Solar redox flow cells
- Novel photoabsorbers and electrocatalysts
- Fundamental studies and advanced characterization
- Devices and system demonstration: sustainability and scalability
This collection is open for submissions.
Keywords: Solar energy storage; solar fuels; photoelectrochemical cells; hydrogen; solar water splitting; CO2 photoreduction; solar redox flow cells; photoelectrodes; catalysts; redox pairs/electrolytes
Any questions about this collection? Please get in contact with research@f1000.com.
Collection Advisors
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Paula Dias
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Tânia Lopes
