Simultaneous electrochemical solar power generation and storage using metanil yellow-formic acid as a new sensitizer-reductant couple in photogalvanic cells.

ABSTRACT: With the rapid commercialization of solar and wind power as supplements and potential substitutes of fossil fuels, the need for power storage techniques to render renewable energy sources impervious to climatic variations has gained significant importance recently. In addition to this requirement of power storage, photo-galvanic (PG) cells hold special significance because these photo-electrochemical devices are capable of simultaneous solar power generation and storage. PG cells with performance as high as 649.6 μW power (P _pp), 2250 μA current (i _sc), 1048 mV potential (V _oc), 8.12% conversion efficiency (CE), and 59 minutes power storage capacity (as half-time, t _0.5) have been reported under artificial and low illu

SUBMITTER: Koli P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9061176 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature