A new solar water-splitting cell developed jointly by research institutes has demonstrated a record efficiency of 19.3%. The combination of a tandem solar cell of III-V semiconductors with a catalyst ...

Photoelectrochemical water splitting uses solar power to decompose water to hydrogen and oxygen. Here we show how the photocatalytic activity of thylakoid membranes leads to overall water splitting in ...

Researchers in the Netherlands have designed a water-splitting system with an electrochemical cell and a 25%-efficient tandem perovskite-silicon solar cell. It can reportedly achieve a ...

Bipolar membrane (BPM) technology has emerged as a pivotal advancement in the field of electrochemical devices, offering a unique solution to the challenge of reconciling disparate pH environments in ...

Using nothing but sunlight and photocatalysts, a 100 square meter (1,076 square foot) reactor produced carbon-free hydrogen ...

Hydrogen is an incredibly powerful fuel, and the ingredients are everywhere—in plain old water. Researchers would love to be able to use it widely as a clean and sustainable energy source. One catch, ...

Chemists are working on energy storage and conversion research. This work is part of a new study that solves a key, fundamental barrier in the electrochemical water splitting process where the Lin Lab ...

Solar energy is clean and abundant, but when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called photocatalysis. In photocatalytic water splitting, sunlight ...

Organometal halide perovskites (OHPs) are promising as photoanodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting for hydrogen production. However, the loss of photogenerated charge carriers through ...