Publications by Sophia Haussener

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High-throughput testing of photoelectrochemical cells and materials under well-defined operating conditions can accelerate the discovery of new semiconducting materials, the characterization of the phenomena occurring at the semiconductor-electrolyte inter ...

Multi-physical transport processes on multiple scales occur in electrochemical devices and components for CO2 electroreduction. These complex coupled transport processes determine the local environment in the catalyst layer and subsequently also the reacti ...

CO2 reduction in an electrolysis cell with a forward bias bipolar membrane (BPM) ensures good selectivity and CO2 utilization, but still suffers from large overvoltages. Recent studies have shown that integrating metal-oxide catalysts at the BPM junction i ...

Semiconductor photocorrosion is a major challenge for the stability of photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices. Usually, photocorrosion is studied on the basis of thermodynamic aspects, by comparing the redox potentials of water to the self-decomposit ...

High-temperature latent heat thermal energy storage systems offer compact storage solutions, benefiting from the large latent heat of phase change materials. Common challenges in their design process are the low thermal conductivity of the phase change mat ...

Silver is one of the most studied electrode materials for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a product with many industrial applications. There is a growing number of reports in which silver is implemented in gas diffusio ...

Human deep space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, such as the reliable, efficient and sustainable operation of life support systems. The production and recycling of oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO2) and fuels are hereby key, as a resource resu ...

A multi-physics model of a planar photoelectrochemical water-splitting device was developed, validated and used to identify and quantify the most significant materials-related bottlenecks in photoelectrochemical device performance. The model accounted for ...

The efficiency of an operating photoelectrochemical solar-fuels-generator system is determined by the system design, the properties and morphology of the system's components, and the operational conditions. We used a previously developed model comprising o ...

Photo-electrochemical production of solar fuels from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight is an appealing approach. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to scale despite encouraging demonstrations at low power input. Higher current densities require notable ...

The coevolution of hydrogen and oxygen during photocatalytic water splitting presents a challenge for efficient product separation. Here, we demonstrate membrane-free, drop-based photocatalytic water splitting with inherent product separation and competiti ...

Electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia provides an interesting pathway for wastewater treatment and valorization. Cu-based catalysts are active for the conversion of NO3− to NO2− but suffer from an inefficient hydrogenation process of NO2−. Herein, CuxO/N- ...

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems are promising approaches for sustainable fuel processing. PEC devices, like conventional photovoltaic-electrolyzer (PV-EC) systems, utilize solar energy for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. Contrary to PV-EC syst ...

Device and system design choices for solar energy conversion and storage approaches require holistic design guidelines which simultaneously respect and optimize technical, economic, sustainability, and operating time constraints. We developed a simulation ...

Photocatalytic approaches using two sets of semiconductor particles and a pair of redox shuttle mediators are considered as a safe and economic solution for solar water splitting. Here, we report on accurate experimental characterization techniques for pho ...

Achieving high current densities while maintaining high energy conversion efficiency is one of the main challenges for enhanc-ing the competitiveness of photo-electrochemical devices. We describe a concept that allows this challenge to be overcome by opera ...

High-flux optical systems (HFOSs) are optical concentrators used to increase the radiative flux of the natural terrestrial solar irradiation. High radiative flux concentration leads to high energy density in solar receivers which allow to obtain high tempe ...

A carbon paper-based gas diffusion electrode (GDE) is used with a bismuth(III) subcarbonate active catalyst phase for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 in a gas/electrolyte flow-by configuration electrolyser at high current density. It is demonstrated t ...

The reconstruction of the angular and spatial intensity distribution from radiative flux maps measured in high flux solar simulators or optical concentrators is an ill-posed inverse problem requiring special solution strategies. We aimed at providing a sol ...

Mesostructured silver catalysts have shown a substantial rise in reaction selectivity for the conversion of CO2 into fuels with increasing thickness of ordered, inverse-opal films. The challenge lies in the optimization of the morphology to maximize the CO ...

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High-throughput parallel testing of ten photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting: case study on the effects of temperature in hematite photoanodes

Multi-Scale Modeling of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Catalyst layer at the junction of a forward bias bipolar membrane for CO2 electrolysis

Kinetic Competition between Water-Splitting and Photocorrosion Reactions in Photoelectrochemical Devices

Design and optimization of a high-temperature latent heat storage unit

Rate-Determining Step for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide into Carbon Monoxide at Silver Electrodes

Assessment of the technological viability of photoelectrochemical devices for oxygen and fuel production on Moon and Mars

Utilizing modeling, experiments, and statistics for the analysis of water-splitting photoelectrodes

Simulations of the Irradiation and Temperature Dependence of the Efficiency of Tandem Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting Systems

Photo‐Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 Under Concentrated Sunlight Enables Combination of High Reaction Rate and Efficiency

Single emulsion drops for photocatalytic water splitting as a membrane-free approach to product separation

In Situ Synthesis of CuxO/N Doped Graphdiyne with Pyridine N Configuration for Ammonia Production via Nitrate Reduction

Probabilistic Techno-Economic Assessment of Medium-Scale Photoelectrochemical Fuel Generation Plants

Design guidelines for concentrated photo-electrochemical water splitting devices based on energy and greenhouse gas yield ratios

Reliable Performance Characterization of Mediated Photocatalytic Water-Splitting Half Reactions

A thermally synergistic photo-electrochemical hydrogen generator operating under concentrated solar irradiation

High-flux optical systems for solar thermochemistry

ICP–MS Assisted EDX Tomography: A Robust Method for Studying Electrolyte Penetration Phenomena in Gas Diffusion Electrodes Applied to CO2 Electrolysis

Inverse Analysis of Radiative Flux Maps for the Characterization of High Flux Sources

Optimizing Mesostructured Silver Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Fuels