Title:
Stand-alone Photoelectrochemical Tandem Devices for Solar-driven Overall Water Splitting
Agreement Number:
1004048
Agreement Value:
$580,000.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The Project will investigate the conversion of solar energy into hydrogen fuel by utilizing a tandem photoelectrochemical (PEC) system with the main goal of generating a robust, scalable, and competitive solution for solar energy technologies. The Project will focus on materials development, rigorous characterization, cell development, and prototyping. To achieve, the Project will utilize solution-based techniques to address the urgent need for efficient absorbers for PEC systems via transferable methods for large scale production. A target is to develop or identify cost-effective and abundant materials for all required components without sacrificing their performance. The system to be developed will be the first work on solar driven-overall water splitting utilizing solution processing routes with benign molecular ink for photoabsorber synthesis coupled with earth-abundant and low-cost material cocatalysts. Furthermore, rigorous in-situ characterization will provide an overview of the overall processes involved in PEC reactions which will further guide system design. Finally, a prototype of an efficient and durable PEC cell will be realized.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S 1S8
Reference Number:
172-2023-2024-Q1-1004048
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
108162330
Recipient's Legal Name:
The University of British Columbia
Federal Riding Name:
University–Rosedale
Federal Riding Number:
35110
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Program Purpose:
The Ideation Fund is intended to encourage, test and validate transformative research ideas generated by teams of NRC scientific personnel and external collaborators with complementary capabilities, acting as a demonstration phase for a continually-evolving suite of research and development (R&D) deliverables at the NRC. The fund supports exploratory research through two mechanisms: the New Beginnings Initiative and the Small Teams Initiative.