Project description
Advanced system mimics nature’s ability to convert solar to chemical energy
The EU-funded FreeHydroCells project aims to develop a new photoelectrochemical system that can efficiently convert solar to chemical energy. The planned system will mimic the solar-energy absorption potential of a leaf by arraying cascades of nanometre-thick semiconducting materials as buried interfaces known as p-n junctions. When submerged in water and exposed to sunlight, the junctions will split water photoelectrochemically. The produced hydrogen will store the solar energy in a chemical form. FreeHydroCells will leverage advances in areas like thin-film engineering to increase the solar-to-chemical energy conversion. New materials will be cost effectively synthesised using atomic layer deposition and chemical vapour deposition.
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based
Coordinator
T12 YN60 Cork
Ireland
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Participants (6)
75015 Paris 15
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T12 Cork
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52062 Aachen
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00185 Roma
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52074 Aachen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
P43W590 Cork
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.