Sentences with phrase «photoanode materials»
Discovery of Solar Fuels Photoanode Materials by Integrating High - Throughput Theory and Experiment.
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The combined material, called a photoanode, showed excellent stability while reaching a current density of 10 milliamps per square centimeter, the researchers reported.
The technique used to identify the photoanodes uses a combination of theory and practice — the scientists worked with a supercomputer and a database of around 60,000 materials, and used quantum mechanics to predict the properties of each material.
«Today, bismuth vanadate is one of the best materials available for constructing photoanodes,» said Sharp.
The team is also excited that the collective effort provides not only the discovery of high - performance materials, but also the advancement in scientific understanding of metal oxide photoanodes.
Our joint theory - experiment effort has successfully identified new earth - abundant copper and manganese vanadate complex oxides that meet highly demanding requirements for photoanodes, substantially expanding the known space of such materials.
In collaboration with the Materials Project, JCAP's high - throughput experimentation team, led by John Gregoire (Caltech), and a theory team, led by Jeff Neaton and Kristin Persson (LBNL), now have a defined means for rapid identification of the most promising classes of photoanodes.
Employing a strategic combination of detailed electronic structure calculations, combinatorial materials synthesis, and both traditional and high - throughout photoelectrochemistry measurements, the JCAP team identified earth - abundant copper and manganese vanadate complex oxides that meet highly demanding requirements for photoanodes: low band gap energy, stability under highly oxidizing conditions, and valence band alignment with respect to OER.
Dr. Ager's research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and photocathodes based on abundant elements for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide - and sulfide - based transparent conductors.
Within JCAP, Dr. Haber's research focus surrounds the application of high - throughput methods to integrate promising lead materials into functional assemblies, such as integration of electrocatalyst libraries with light absorbers to produce functional photoanode and photocathode assemblies.