Pathways to Electrochemical Solar-Hydrogen Technologies

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Pathways to Electrochemical Solar-Hydrogen Technologies

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Advancing non-carbon energy: optimized and safely operated solid oxide fuel cell design for industrial feasibility

Low-Power Tunable Micro-Plasma Devices for Efficient and Scalable CO2 Conversion

Role and Opportunities of Gas bearing supported Turbomachinery in small-scale SOFC-CHP systems

Solid-state synthesis of CdFe2O4 binary catalyst for potential application in renewable hydrogen fuel generation

Degradation study of a reversible solid oxide cell (rSOC) short stack using distribution of relaxation times (DRT) analysis

Optimization and dynamic responses of an integrated fuel cell and battery system for an 800 kW ferry: A case study

Atomic-Step Enriched Ruthenium-Iridium Nanocrystals Anchored Homogeneously on MOF-Derived Support for Efficient and Stable Oxygen Evolution in Acidic and Neutral Media

A membrane-less electrolyzer with porous walls for high throughput and pure hydrogen production dagger

Dual Vacancies Confined in Nickel Phosphosulfide Nanosheets Enabling Robust Overall Water Splitting

Establishing Stability in Organic Semiconductor Photocathodes for Solar Hydrogen Production

Trade-off designs of power-to-methane systems via solid-oxide electrolyzer and the application to biogas upgrading

Long-term evolution of solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cell 3-D microstructure

Local Study on Hydrogen and Hydrogen Gas Bubble Formation on a Platinum Electrode

All Solution-Processed, Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Photocathode for Hydrogen Evolution

Evolution of 3-D Transport Pathways and Triple-Phase Boundaries in the Ni-YSZ Hydrogen Electrode upon Fuel Cell or Electrolysis Cell Operation

Minimization of Ionic Transport Resistance in Porous Monoliths for Application in Integrated Solar Water Splitting Devices

Multi-objective Optimization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell–Gas Turbine Hybrid Cycle and Uncertainty Analysis

Water photolysis at 12.3% efficiency via perovskite photovoltaics and Earth-abundant catalysts

A Bismuth Vanadate-Cuprous Oxide Tandem Cell for Overall Solar Water Splitting

Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution