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BasicResearchNeedsforSolarEnergyUtilization:
ReportoftheBasicEnergySciencesWorkshoponSolarEnergyUtilization
Nathan S. Lewis
George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology
with
George Crabtree, Argonne NL
Arthur Nozik, NREL
Mike Wasielewski, Northwestern
Paul Alivisatos, UC-Berkeley
sugar
50 - 200 C
space, water
heating
natural
photosynthesis
Solar Electric
Solar Thermal
Solar Fuel
.001 TW PV
$0.30/kWh w/o storage
1.5 TW electricity
$0.03-$0.06/kWh (fossil)
0.002 TW
11 TW fossil fuel
(present use)
~ 14 TW additional energy by 2050
500 - 3000 C
heat engines
electricity generation
process heat
2 TW
space and water
heating
100
$0.20/Wp
$0.50/Wp
Efficiency %
80
60
$1.00/Wp
40
20
$3.50/Wp
100
200
300
400
Cost $/m2
$0.25-0.50/kW-hr
100 nm-100 m
Conversion
eh+
Storage
Solar Paint
d
Fooling inexpensive particles into behaving as single crystals
)n
(
O
polymer donor
MDMO-PPV
fullerene acceptor
PCBM
OMe
O
100 nm
metal electrode
Metal
3V
hot carriers
rich variety of new physical phenomena
understand and implement
Substrate
multiple junctions
Stationary
Generation
Fuel
Production
H2 Production
H2 /Distribution
Reformate
Fuel
Processor
or
Electrolyzer
Fuel
Fuel
Cell
H2 Purification,
Storage,
Storage
Dispensing
Cell
H2
10
hydrogenase
photosystem II
oxidation
2 H2O
reduction
4e
CO2
Cat
Cat
O2
2H+ + 2e- H2
4H+
HCOOH
CH3OH
H2, CH4
3 TW
physical
mechanical
O2
H2
demonstrated
efficiencies 10-18%
in laboratory
TiO2
nanocrystals
adsorbed
dye
liquid
electrolyte
transparent
electrode
conducting glass
natural
photosynthesis
nanostructured
thermoelectrics
nanoscale architectures
characterization