Sentences with phrase «splitting photoanodes»
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«The job of the photoanode is to absorb sunlight and then use that energy to oxidize water — essentially splitting apart the H2O molecule and rearranging the atoms to form a fuel.
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The scientists focused on bismuth vanadate, a thin - film semiconductor that has emerged as a leading candidate for use as a photoanode, the positively charged part of a photoelectric cell that can absorb sunlight to split water.
At the photoanode side, water molecules are split into oxygen gas (O2), electrons and hydrogen protons through oxidation in the presence of sunlight and the thin film coating the team recently developed.
Effect of Tin Doping on alpha - Fe2O3 Photoanodes for Water Splitting.