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Hybrid technologies
Why not integrate technologies in hybrid solar devices to
demonstrate advantages over conventional
photovoltaic-electrolysis?
The synthesis of fuels using sunlight can be achieved by coupling
well established photovoltaic (PV) panels with electrolysers.
However, this approach makes poor use of the solar spectrum as it
limits the utilisation of the full solar spectrum, in particular
infrared light for commercial viability. We develop integrated
hybrid technologies that enable full solar spectrum utilisation,
spanning from the ultraviolet to the infrared, with the goal to
demonstrate advantages over conventional PV-electrolyser
technologies. We currently focus on thermal management to use heat
to improve the efficiency of our devices, to establish novel
device configuration for unique applications such as coupling
water purification to solar fuel production or couple direct air
capture with utilisation to show that atmospheric CO2
can be used for fuel production.
Selected recent publications
Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis.
Wang, Q.; Pornrungroj, C.; Linley, S.; Reisner, E. Nat.
Energy, 2022, 7, 13-24.
Integrated capture and solar-driven utilization of CO2 from flue gas and air.
Kar, S.; Rahaman, M.; Andrei, V.; Bhattacharjee, S.; Roy, S.; Reisner, E. Joule, 2023, 7, 1496-1514.
Thermoelectric–photoelectrochemical water splitting under concentrated solar irradiation.
Pornrungroj, C.; Andrei, V.; Reisner, E. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023,145, 13709-13714.
