Solar Water Splitting Presentation

Solar Water Splitting Presentation

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  1 UTA Energy Technologies and ResearchTrends Michael Davis ME 5390-005 MAE 4301-005 Solar Water Splitting
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  2 UTA Photoelectrochemcial Water Splitting •Top – Anode/Oxidation • Bottom-Cathode/Hydrogen generation • RHE – Reversible Hydrogen Electrode • Involves Catalyst on both sides • Uses PEM membrane to separate oxygen and hydrogen (Marshall, 2014)
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  3 UTA Issues Cost of Production: •$2.00per liter production from Natural Gas •$6.50 per liter for photo- electrochemical production per liter (Van Noorden, 2012) Slow oxygen evolution: Most research is on the anode Deterioration in aqueous environment Mechanical Issues: Compression and Transport of Gasses; Piping Networks Taken from: (Miller, Garland, & Perret, 2008)
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  4 UTA DOE Testing Procedure Takenfrom: (Miller, Garland, & Perret, 2008)
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  5 UTA Current Research • ArtificialLeaf is a photoelectrochemcial process • This process is a premier choice for hydrogen production in the future • Materials – Metal Oxides and Composite Metal Oxides • Morphology (nano-scale) • Efficiency • Band Gap for light absorption • Electron Transport • Diffusion Length
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  6 UTA Research Trends -Materials (James, Baum, Baum, & Gs-f-j, 2009) (Devices, Mckone, Lewis, & Gray, 2014)
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  7 UTA Morphologies • Nano Rodsby APCVD (Chiam et al., 2014) • Bi-layered thin films (Choudhary et al., 2012) • Porous Structures (De Respinis et al., 2013)(De Tacconi et al., 2006) • Nanowires / Nanotrees (Liu, Tang, Chen, Liu, & Yang, 2013) • Nanoplatelets (Marelli et al., 2014) • Nanofibers / Nanoparticles (Regonini et al., 2013) Nanofibers / Nanoparticles (Regonini et al., 2013) Nanoplatelets (Marelli et al., 2014) Nanowires / Nanotrees (Liu, Tang, Chen, Liu, & Yang, 2013)
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  8 UTA Novel Aspect /Discovery and Product Idea Hematite manufactured with the Sol-Gel Electrospinning technique (may not have been quantified) Product Idea: Put less efficient hydrogen photoelectrochemcial cells On the market to provide a source of fuel for a hydrogen Power generator that would work in unison with other technologies (comprehensive approach to home power sources)
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  9 UTA References Chiam, S. Y.,Kumar, M. H., Bassi, P. S., Seng, H. L., Barber, J., & Wong, L. H. (2014). Improving the E ffi ciency of Hematite Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting by Doping with Manganese. Choudhary, S., Upadhyay, S., Kumar, P., Singh, N., Satsangi, V. R., Shrivastav, R., & Dass, S. (2012). Nanostructured bilayered thin films in photoelectrochemical water splitting - A review. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 37(24), 18713–18730. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.10.028 De Respinis, M., De Temmerman, G., Tanyeli, I., Van De Sanden, M. C. M., Doerner, R. P., Baldwin, M. J., & Van De Krol, R. (2013). Efficient plasma route to nanostructure materials: Case study on the use of m-WO3 for solar water splitting. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5(15), 7621–7625. doi:10.1021/am401936q De Tacconi, N. R., Chenthamarakshan, C. R., Yogeeswaran, G., Watcharenwong, a., De Zoysa, R. S., Basit, N. a., & Rajeshwar, K. (2006). Nanoporous TiO2 and WO3 films by anodization of titanium and tungsten substrates: Influence of process variables on morphology and photoelectrochemical response. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110(50), 25347–25355. doi:10.1021/jp064527v Devices, W. S. W., Mckone, J. R., Lewis, N. S., & Gray, H. B. (2014). Will Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices See the Light of Day? Chemistry of Materials. James, B. D., Baum, G. N., Baum, K. N., & Gs-f-j, D. O. E. C. N. (2009). Technoeconomic Analysis of Photoelectrochemical ( PEC ) Hydrogen Production Prepared by :, 22201(December). 
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  10 UTA References cont: Liu, C.,Tang, J., Chen, H. M., Liu, B., & Yang, P. (2013). A Fully Integrated Nanosystem of Semiconductor Nanowires for Direct Solar Water Splitting, (Figure 1), 2–5. Marelli, M., Naldoni, a, Minguzzi, a, Allieta, M., Virgili, T., Scavia, G., … Dal Santo, V. (2014). Hierarchical hematite nanoplatelets for photoelectrochemical water splitting. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2. doi:10.1021/am5030287 Marshall, J. (2014). Springtime for the artificial leaf. Nature, 510, 22–24. doi:10.1038/510022a Miller, E. L., Garland, R., & Perret, R. (2008). The US DOE WORKING GROUP ON. Group. Regonini, D., Teloeken, A. C., Alves, A. K., Berutti, F. A., Bergmann, C. P., Graule, T., & Clemens, F. (2013). Electrospun TiO 2 Fiber Composite Photoelectrodes for Water Splitting. Van Noorden, R. (2012). “Artificial leaf” faces economic hurdle. Nature, 6–7. doi:10.1038/nature.2012.10703