Project description
New insights into water splitting photoelectrodes
Fossil fuels represent almost three quarters of the EU’s energy consumption. To overcome Europe’s reliance on fossil fuels and to slow down global warming, the conversion of solar energy into storable, energy-dense fuels will be crucial. Economically viable systems are often based on thin film photoelectrodes with complex internal structures, which often control critical processes of the macroscale device. The EU-funded DynNano project will launch a multimodal research programme interrogating energy materials for solar water splitting on a scale from nanometres to micrometers and under realistic operation conditions. By correlating their nanoscale and macroscale properties, DynNano will establish the link between nanoscale processes and macroscopic performance. Overall, the gained understanding will provide the knowledge basis for the development of efficient solar fuel devices.
Objective
To slow down global warming and to overcome the reliance on fossil fuels, a transition to a carbon neutral society fueled by renewable energy sources will be crucial. Therefore, the conversion of solar energy to storable, energy-dense fuels will be an important step to satisfy the need for clean and reliable power. Economically viable systems for solar-to-chemical conversion often base on thin film photoelectrodes with highly complex internal architectures. The combination of different length scales of fundamental physical processes and inherent film heterogeneities results in a complex micro- and nanoscale behavior, which often controls critical processes of the macroscale device. The typical macroscale characterization of material properties conceals important insights into structural, compositional, and optoelectronic heterogeneity at the nanoscale as well as into local photoelectrochemical reaction processes and material stability. To provide a comprehensive portrait of the elementary steps associated with light-to-chemical energy conversion at their natural length scales and under working conditions, DynNano will launch a multimodal research program by leveraging a complementary suite of emerging nanoscale techniques for in-situ and operando characterization of energy materials. The approach will be applied to novel transition metal oxynitride semiconductors, which are poised to overcome efficiency and stability limitations of pure oxides and pure nitrides. By thoroughly correlating their nanoscale and macroscale properties, DynNano will establish the link between nanoscale processes and macroscopic performance of photoelectrochemical systems. With the gained understanding, DynNano aims at closing the photoelectrochemical cycle at the nanoscale using precisely microstructured photoelectrodes for standalone water splitting. Overall, DynNano will provide the knowledge basis for rational development of efficient, stable, and scalable solar fuel devices.
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- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics semiconductivity
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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80333 Muenchen
Germany
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