AsiaIPEX is a one-stop-shop for players in the IP industry, facilitating IP trade and connection to the IP world. Whether you are a patent owner interested in selling your IP, or a manufacturer looking to buy technologies to upgrade your operation, you will find the portal a useful resource.

Back to search results

Hydrogen-Treated Semiconductor Metal Oxides For Photoelectrochemical (PEC) Water Splitting

Technology Benefits

Substantially enhanced photocurrent densitiesPhotocurrents saturated at a very low applied biasNo greenhouse gas emissions

Technology Application

PEC water splittingDye-sensitized solar cellsPhotocatalysis

Detailed Technology Description

UCSC researchers have demonstrated that hydrogen treatment can be used to fundamentally improve the performance of TiO2 materials as photoanodes for PEC water splitting. Hydrogen-treated TiO2 nanomaterials, in particular rutile nanowire and anatase nanotubes, yield substantially increased photocurrent densities and the photocurrents saturate at a very low applied bias. These hydrogen-treated TiO2 nanowires and nanotubes open up new opportunities in various areas, including PEC water splitting, dye-sensitized solar cells, and photocatalysis. By replacing TiO2 with new hydrogen-treated TiO2 materials, the efficiencies of these processes and subsequent devices increase significantly.

Application No.

9379422

Others

Additional Technologies by these Inventors

Self-Biased and Sustainable Microbial Electrohydrogenesis Device

Tech ID/UC Case

23228/2012-025-0

Related Cases

2012-025-0

Country/Region

USA

For more information, please click Here