Cu2O-Electrodeposited TiO2 Photoelectrode for Integrated Solar Redox Flow Battery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Preparation of TiO2 Sol
2.3. Preparation of Electrodes
2.4. Preparation of Electrolyte
2.5. Photoelectrochemical Characterisation
3. Results
3.1. Half-Cell Testing
3.2. Full-Cell Testing
3.3. XRD Analysis
3.4. XPS Analysis
3.5. UV-Vis Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, Z.; Lu, P.; Gu, Z.; Ma, Q.; Guo, Z.; Su, H.; Xu, Q. Cu2O-Electrodeposited TiO2 Photoelectrode for Integrated Solar Redox Flow Battery. Processes 2023, 11, 2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11092631
Zhang Z, Lu P, Gu Z, Ma Q, Guo Z, Su H, Xu Q. Cu2O-Electrodeposited TiO2 Photoelectrode for Integrated Solar Redox Flow Battery. Processes. 2023; 11(9):2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11092631
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Zihan, Ping Lu, Zixing Gu, Qiang Ma, Zhizhong Guo, Huaneng Su, and Qian Xu. 2023. "Cu2O-Electrodeposited TiO2 Photoelectrode for Integrated Solar Redox Flow Battery" Processes 11, no. 9: 2631. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11092631