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Title: A membrane electrode assembled photoelectrochemical cell with a solar-responsive cadmium sulfide-zinc sulfide-titanium dioxide/mesoporous silica photoanode
Authors: Chen, M
Chen, R
Zhu, X
Liao, Q
An, L 
Ye, D
Zhou, Y
He, X
Zhang, W
Issue Date: 15-Dec-2017
Source: Journal of power sources, 15 Dec. 2017, v. 371, p. 96-105
Abstract: In this work, a membrane electrode assembled photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) is developed for the electricity generation by degrading the organic compounds. The photocatalyst is prepared by the incorporation of mesoporous silica SBA-15 into TiO2 and the photosensitization of CdS-ZnS to enhance the photoanode performance, while the cathode employs the air-breathing mode to enhance the oxygen transport. The experimental results show that the developed PEC exhibits good photoresponse to the illumination and the appropriate SBA-15 mass ratio in the photoanode enables the enhancement of the performance. It is also shown that the developed PEC yields better performance in the alkaline environment than that in the neutral environment. Increasing the KOH concentration can improve the cell performance. There exist optimal liquid flow rate and organics concentration leading to the best performance. Besides, it is found that increasing the light intensity can generate more electron-hole pairs and thus enhance the cell performance. These results are helpful for optimizing the design.
Keywords: Air-breathing cathode
Cell performance
Membrane electrode assembly
Mesoporous silica
Photoelectrochemical cell
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal: Journal of power sources 
ISSN: 0378-7753
EISSN: 1873-2755
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.10.049
Rights: © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
© 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
The following publication Chen, M., Chen, R., Zhu, X., Liao, Q., An, L., Ye, D., ... & Zhang, W. (2017). A membrane electrode assembled photoelectrochemical cell with a solar-responsive cadmium sulfide-zinc sulfide-titanium dioxide/mesoporous silica photoanode. Journal of Power Sources, 371, 96-105 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.10.049.
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