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6. Scaling Up the Process of Photo-Electrochemical Water Splitting

Authors : Carminna Ottone, Simelys Hernández, Marco Armandi, Barbara Bonelli

Published in: Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter will address the main issues related to the scaling up of a WS process. Currently, only few examples of pilot-scale water splitting (WS) devices are available in literature: low efficiencies and high costs are the main aspects that limit the use of this technology at industrial level, since results obtained at lab-scale are difficult to reproduce in larger configurations. The main factors that influence the device efficiency, which include activity and stability of catalysts and photoabsorbing materials, synthesis procedures, operational conditions and device configuration, will be examined. By the end of this chapter, a case of a pilot-scale photoelectrochemical (PEC) device will be presented and a prospective development of this technology will be discussed.

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Title: Scaling Up the Process of Photo-Electrochemical Water Splitting
Authors: Carminna Ottone
Simelys Hernández
Marco Armandi
Barbara Bonelli
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Testing Novel Water Oxidation Catalysts for Solar Fuels Production
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-12711-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-12712-1

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12712-1_6