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Design of a photochemical water electrolysis system based on a W-typed dye-sensitized serial solar module for high hydrogen production

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  • Kwak, Byeong Sub
  • Chae, Jinho
  • Kang, Misook

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A W-typed dye-sensitized serial solar module (W-typed DSSM) was designed for hydrogen production from water electrolysis. The optimal thickness and width of the TiO2 electrode film were 12μm and 5mm, and the optimal thickness of Pt counter electrode film was 4nm, respectively. The photocurrent density, open circuit voltage, and fill factor were 2.13mAcm−2, 3.51V, and 0.61, respectively, for a serial module assembled from five unit cells, which resulted in an overall conversion efficiency of 4.56%. The obtained voltage increased with increasing number of unit cells connected, and was 3.51V in the five column fabricated W-typed DSSM. 2.1mLh−1 of hydrogen gas was emitted when a W-typed DSSM assembled from five columns was connected to carbon electrodes in a water electrolysis system. The rate of hydrogen evolution in the five columned W-typed DSSM was 0.00213Lh−1. Therefore, the actual light-hydrogen conversion was calculated to be 2.02%.

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  • Kwak, Byeong Sub & Chae, Jinho & Kang, Misook, 2014. "Design of a photochemical water electrolysis system based on a W-typed dye-sensitized serial solar module for high hydrogen production," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 189-196.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:125:y:2014:i:c:p:189-196
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.012
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