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Synergistic Tandem Solar Electricity-Water Generators
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Summary Energy and clean water are two intertwined fundamental elements for human civilization and sustainable development. Here, we devise a monolithic tandem solar electricity-water generator that synergistically produces electricity and clean water by utilizing the full spectrum of solar irradiance. The tandem generator has two components: a top infrared-transparent photovoltaic device using above-band-gap photons, and a bottom solar water purifier using the below-band-gap photons. More strikingly, a well-designed water-proof thermal interconnecting layer (WTIL) makes these two components work synergistically: the bottom purifier serves as an evaporative cooler of the top solar cell to increase its efficiency, whereas the thermalization energy of the top cell is reutilized by the bottom purifier for producing more clean water. We experimentally demonstrate that a prototype hybrid tandem solar device with WTIL can generate electricity with a power output of 204 W m−2 and purify water at a rate of 0.80 kg m−2 h−1 under 1-sun illumination.
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“It is expected that advances in PV devices, interfacial solar evaporation, and water-proof thermal interconnecting materials could lead to tandem generators with even higher efficiency and lower cost.(32,45,46) The hybrid tandem solar”
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- Xu, N., Zhu, P., Sheng, Y., Zhou, L., Li, X., Tan, H., Zhu, S., & Zhu, J.
- Venue
- Joule
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-02
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 347-358
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- 2542-4351 (ISSN-L)
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- W2999131814
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- 176
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- 3.90
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- en
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