{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Tang S"],"funding":["Chinese Academy of Sciences","National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["101012"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7152679"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["23(4)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Solar hydrogen and electricity are promising high energy-density renewable sources. Although photochemistry or photovoltaics are attractive routes, special challenge arises in sunlight conversion efficiency. To improve efficiency, various semiconductor materials have been proposed with selective sunlight absorption. Here, we reported a hybrid system synergizing photo-thermochemical hydrogen and photovoltaics, harvesting full-spectrum sunlight in a cascade manner. A simple suspension of Au-TiO<sub>2</sub> in water/methanol serves as a spectrum selector, absorbing ultraviolet-visible and infrared energy for rapid photo-thermochemical hydrogen production. The transmitted visible and near-infrared energy fits the photovoltaic bandgap and retains the high efficiency of a commercial photovoltaic"],"journal":["iScience"],"pubmed_title":["Synergizing Photo-Thermal H<sub>2</sub> and Photovoltaics into a Concentrated Sunlight Use."],"pmcid":["PMC7152679"],"funding_grant_id":["KFZD-SW-418","51888103","51590904"],"pubmed_authors":["Jin H","Hong H","Xing X","Tang S","Yu W","Xuan Y","Sun J","Wang L","Xu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Synergizing Photo-Thermal H<sub>2</sub> and Photovoltaics into a Concentrated Sunlight Use.","description":"Solar hydrogen and electricity are promising high energy-density renewable sources. Although photochemistry or photovoltaics are attractive routes, special challenge arises in sunlight conversion efficiency. To improve efficiency, various semiconductor materials have been proposed with selective sunlight absorption. Here, we reported a hybrid system synergizing photo-thermochemical hydrogen and photovoltaics, harvesting full-spectrum sunlight in a cascade manner. A simple suspension of Au-TiO<sub>2</sub> in water/methanol serves as a spectrum selector, absorbing ultraviolet-visible and infrared energy for rapid photo-thermochemical hydrogen production. The transmitted visible and near-infrared energy fits the photovoltaic bandgap and retains the high efficiency of a commercial photovoltaic","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Apr","modification":"2026-05-07T07:26:22.024Z","creation":"2026-04-29T03:08:41.482Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7152679","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32278287"],"doi":["10.1016/j.isci.2020.101012"]}}