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Published January 30, 2013 | Published
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Combined Catalysis and Optical Screening for High Throughput Discovery of Solar Fuels Catalysts

Abstract

Considerable research and development efforts are being devoted to the efficient generation of solar fuels. A solar fuels device couples a solar photoabsorber with catalysts to convert solar energy to chemical energy via reactions such as oxygen evolution (water splitting). Widespread deployment of this technology hinges upon discovery of new materials through efforts such as the high throughput screening of oxygen evolution catalysts, as discussed in this manuscript. We derive an expression for the efficiency of the oxygen evolution catalyst that combines catalytic and optical properties. Using this hybrid efficiency, we screen 5456 samples in a (Fe-Co-Ni-Ti)O_x pseudo-quaternary catalyst library using automated, high throughput electrochemical and optical experiments. The observed compositional trends in this catalyst efficiency lead to the discovery of a new high performance composition region.

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© 2013 The Electrochemical Society. Manuscript submitted December 10, 2012; revised manuscript received January 21, 2013. Published January 30, 2013. This was Paper 1716 presented at the Honolulu, Hawaii, Meeting of the Society, October 7–12, 2012. This material is based upon work performed by the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, a DOE Energy Innovation Hub, as follows: The experiments and data interpretation were supported through the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Award No. DE-SC0004993; J.F. acknowledges financial support from the National Science Foundation of China (21003106 and 20873122). The authors thank Lung-Sheng Lin for assistance in fabrication of the cell and William Fisher of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for assistance in fabrication of the capillary for the reference electrode. The authors also thank Dr. Joel Haber, Eric McFarland, Nathan Lewis, Carl Koval and Joachim Lewerenz for helpful discussions.

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