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Solar‐Powered Redox Cells: Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage through a Robust Photocatalyst Driving Reversible Redox Reactions (Adv. Mater. 31/2018)
Author(s) -
Zhou Yangen,
Zhang Shun,
Ding Yu,
Zhang Leyuan,
Zhang Changkun,
Zhang Xiaohong,
Zhao Yu,
Yu Guihua
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870229
Subject(s) - redox , materials science , energy storage , solar cell , solar energy , photoelectrochemical cell , nanotechnology , electrochemical energy storage , solar powered , photoelectrochemistry , energy transformation , electrochemistry , electrochemical energy conversion , optoelectronics , chemistry , electrode , supercapacitor , electrical engineering , physics , engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , electrolyte , metallurgy , thermodynamics
In article number of 1802294 , Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu, and co‐workers demonstrate a solar‐powered redox cell that can be charged efficiently, solely upon solar irradiation, by integrating a BiVO 4 photoanode into a redox‐flow cell. Such a solar‐powered redox cell combines solar‐energy conversion and storage processes in a single device, which may provide an alternative approach for efficient, cost‐effective solar‐energy utilization, and stimulate efforts toward the combination of electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry.