Photoelectrochemical cell, system and process for light-driven production of hydrogen and oxygen with a photoelectrochemical cell, and process for producing the photoelectrochemical cell

US10006130B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Sascha Hoch · Bochum, DE
• Matthias Blug · Witten, DE
• Jens Busse · Bochum, DE
• Wolfram Calvet · Berlin, DE
• Bernhard Kaiser · Bonndorf, DE
• Wolfram Jaegermann · Berlin, DE
• Hanna Hahn · Moers, DE
• Horst-Werner Zanthoff · Neheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/133
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a photoelectrochemical cell 100 for light-driven production of hydrogen and oxygen, especially from water or another electrolyte based on aqueous solution, having a photoelectric layer structure 1 and an electrochemical layer structure 2 in a layer construction 40, where—the photoelectric layer structure 1 for absorption of light 3 uninfluenced by the electrolyte 10 forms a front side 41 of the layer structure 40, and—the electrochemical layer structure 2, for accommodation of the electrolyte 10, forms a reverse side 42 of the layer construction 40, and—a conductive and corrosion-inhibiting coupling layer 13 forms electrical contact between the photoelectric layer structure 1 and the electrochemical layer structure 2 in the layer construction 40, where—the electrochemical layer structure 2 has an electrode structure of a front electrode 21 and an electrode structure of a rear electrode 22, between which is arranged an ion exchange layer 61 such that an integrated layer construction 40 is formed with the ion exchange layer 61 in contact with the electrode structure of the front electrode 21 formed for conversion of the electrolyte 10 and/or with the electrod…