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The present study combines model experiments with numerical modeling to determine exactly how little catalyst is needed in a solar-hydrogen cell. 100 ng cm2 of Pt is enough and could save an order of magnitude of catalyst material compared to the state-of-the-art

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Here we show how to design an optimal nanoparticle catalyst surface for solar-hydrogen photoelectrochemical cells. The savings in Pt needed are huge!

Professor Peter D. Lund
Aalto University

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This page is a summary of: Scalability and feasibility of photoelectrochemical H2evolution: the ultimate limit of Pt nanoparticle as an HER catalyst, Energy & Environmental Science, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c5ee02188j.
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