Title :
Design principles of deployable solar-hydrogen generators
Author :
Modestino, Miguel ; Rodriguez, Claudia ; Psaltis, Demetri ; Moser, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The deployment of solar-fuel generators depends both on technological and economic factors. Here we present physical and cost models of solar-hydrogen generators that elucidate cost-optimum design parameters for these devices.
Keywords :
electrolysis; hydrogen production; photoelectrochemical cells; solar power; solar-fuel generators; solar-hydrogen generators; DC-DC power converters; Economics; Generators; Hydrogen; Photovoltaic systems; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995438
