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@ARTICLE{Kin:910897,
author = {Kin, Li-Chung and Astakhov, Oleksandr and Lee, Minoh and
Haas, Stefan and Ding, Kaining and Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina
and Rau, Uwe},
title = {{B}atteries to {K}eep {S}olar‐{D}riven {W}ater
{S}plitting {R}unning at {N}ight: {P}erformance of a
{D}irectly {C}oupled {S}ystem},
journal = {Solar RRL},
volume = {6},
number = {4},
issn = {2367-198X},
address = {Weinheim},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-04247},
pages = {2100916 -},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Direct solar-powered hydrogen generation (so-called
“green” hydrogen) is promising as a renewable fuel that
can be generated anywhere there is sunshine and water. Many
attempts are made to integrate a water electrolyzer (EC) and
solar cell at different levels (a so-called artificial leaf)
to take advantage of the reduced losses from the lack of
wiring and optionally increased portability afforded by an
integrated unit. However, in many cases, EC catalysts
degrade as electrodes depolarize when shut down at night.
Much less attention is paid to the need for a minimum
current across the EC under insufficient illumination to
prevent excessive cyclic degradation. Directly coupling a
battery to keep an artificial leaf running at night can
address this need and, in theory, also increase
solar-to-hydrogen (STH) efficiency. A seven-cell silicon
heterojunction module, two bifunctional NiFeMo ECs in
series, and a commercial Li-ion NMC battery are selected to
provide the same amount of solar output power despite
different working voltages and tested in a series of
simulated diurnal cycles. The increased average STH
efficiency per cycle $(11.4\%$ vs. $10.5\%$ without the
battery) is analyzed and discussed with implications for
future artificial leaf design and implementation.},
cin = {IEK-5},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
pnm = {1213 - Cell Design and Development (POF4-121)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000779095200026},
doi = {10.1002/solr.202100916},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/910897},
}