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Can a solar hydrogen production plant co-generation a kilowatt-scale pilot plant?

Solar hydrogen production devices have demonstrated promising performance at the lab scale, but there are few large-scale on-sun demonstrations. Here the authors present a thermally integrated kilowatt-scale pilot plant, tested under real-world conditions, for the co-generation of hydrogen and heat.

Can solar irradiation be used for co-generation of hydrogen and heat?

Here we present the successful scaling of a thermally integrated photoelectrochemical device—utilizing concentrated solar irradiation—to a kW-scale pilot plant capable of co-generation of hydrogen and heat. A solar-to-hydrogen device-level efficiency of greater than 20% at an H 2 production rate of >2.0 kW (>0.8 g min −1) is achieved.

How did Mohite create a solar cell?

The Mohite lab and its collaborators created the device by turning their highly-competitive solar cell into a reactor that could use harvested energy to split water into oxygen and hydrogen.

Are hybrid PB-PC and Pb-PEC systems suitable for solar H2 production?

Despite some examples of hybrid PB-PC and PB-PEC systems for solar H 2 production with impressive performances, they are still primarily in the early stages of proof-of-concept, and some critical issues such as instability of separated enzymes and their O 2 -sensitivity remain to be resolved.

Does a stable integrated photoelectrochemical reactor achieve solar-to-hydrogen efficiency?

A stable integrated photoelectrochemical reactor for H 2 production from water attains a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 18% at 15 Suns and 13% at 207 Suns. Angew. Chem. 132, 14912–14918 (2020).