Final PECDEMO Meeting in Cologne

Our final PECDEMO meeting was held at the demonstrator site in Cologne on 7th February 2017. 

Symposium EC4 - Materials, devices and systems for sustainable conversion of solar energy to fuels

2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 2

PECDEMO partners are co-organizing Symposium EC4 on solar fuels at the 2016 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. In addition to talks from top international experts in the field, there will be several contributions from the PECDEMO project, as well as a Tutorial Session EC4 on advanced characterization techniques.

ANNOUNCEMENT

PEC-PV prototype module enters final demonstration phase

The PECDEMO consortium is pleased to announce the start of the field test of the developed hybrid photoelectrochemical-photovoltaic (PEC-PV) tandem device for hydrogen generation via light-driven water splitting. It hosts four photoelectrodes with an active surface area of 50 cm2 each. PV-cells also manufactured within the consortium are located behind. There, they utilise the photons which penetrate the photoelectrodes and supply bias voltage for the water splitting reactions. The prototype module has been mounted in the focal plane of the DLR test facility SoCRatus in Cologne (Germany), where homogeneously concentrated solar irradiation is provided with a maximum concentration ratio of about 17.5. The performance and stability tests will last until the end of the project in March 2017. They will allow a detailed assessment of the capability of the PEC-PV prototype to convert solar light into the chemical energy vector hydrogen, particularly in terms of efficiency and ageing effects.

PECDEMO Meetings

IPS-20 Conference

Press Release – PECDEMO: sunlight to hydrogen

PECDEMO website went live