Photovoltaic conversion systems

Flywheel Energy Storage Systems Photovoltaic Conversion Systems... 

Semiconducting polymers can also be used to construct photovoltaic conversion systems instead of inorganic semiconducting materials. The discovery of high-... 

Bilgen E (2001) Solar hydrogen from photovoltaic-electrolyzer systems. Energy Conversion and Management 42 1047-1057... 

In a regenerative solar energy conversion system, the device efficiency (r ) is simply given by the ratio of the power delivered by the photovoltaic converter and the incident solar power (Ps in W/m2 or mW/cm2). However, we are concerned here with devices producing a fuel (H2) and several expressions exist for the device efficiency. Thus, this efficiency can be expressed in kinetic terms 70192... 

This type of device has been contrasted489 with a series connection of a photovoltaic p-n junction solar cell and a water electrolyzer. Unlike the latter which is a majority carrier system (i.e., the n-side of the junction is the cathode and the p-side becomes the anode), in a photochemical diode, minority carriers (holes for the n-type and electrons for the p-type) are injected into the electrolyte. This distinction translates to certain advantages in terms of the overall energetics of the solar energy conversion system (see Ref. 489). 

Photoelectrochemical water splitting Photocatalytic water splitting Coupled photovoltaic - electrolysis systems Thermochemical conversion Photobiological methods Molecular artificial photosynthesis Plasma-chemical conversion Mechano-catalytic, magnetolysis, radiolysis, etc. 

J. Roncali, P. Frere, P. Blanchard, R. de Bettignies, M. Turbiez, S. Roquet, P. Leriche and Y. Nicolas, Molecular and supramolecular engineering of jr-conjugated systems for photovoltaic conversion. Thin Solid Films, 511-512, 567-575 (2006). 

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