Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectrochemical cell and energy system using same
- Patent Title (中): 光电化学电池和能量系统使用相同
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Application No.: US13502322Application Date: 2010-11-04
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Publication No.: US08821700B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Tomohiro Kuroha , Takaiki Nomura , Kazuhito Hato , Noboru Taniguchi , Takahiro Suzuki , Kenichi Tokuhiro
- Applicant: Tomohiro Kuroha , Takaiki Nomura , Kazuhito Hato , Noboru Taniguchi , Takahiro Suzuki , Kenichi Tokuhiro
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2009-257437 20091110
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/006498 WO 20101104
- International Announcement: WO2011/058723 WO 20110519
- Main IPC: C25B1/04
- IPC: C25B1/04 ; C25B5/00 ; C25B9/06 ; C25B1/00 ; C01B3/04 ; H01M8/06 ; H01M14/00

Abstract:
A photoelectrochemical cell (100) includes: a semiconductor electrode (120) including a conductor (121), a first n-type semiconductor layer (122) having a nanotube array structure, and a second n-type semiconductor layer (123); a counter electrode (130) connected to the conductor (121); an electrolyte (140) in contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer (123) and the counter electrode (130); and a container (110) accommodating the semiconductor electrode (120), the counter electrode (130) and the electrolyte (140). Relative to a vacuum level, (I) band edge levels of a conduction band and a valence band in the second n-type semiconductor layer (123), respectively, are higher than band edge levels of a conduction band and a valence band in the first n-type semiconductor layer (122), (II) a Fermi level of the first n-type semiconductor layer (122) is higher than a Fermi level of the second n-type semiconductor layer (123), and (III) a Fermi level of the conductor (121) is higher than the Fermi level of the first n-type semiconductor layer (122).
Public/Granted literature
- US20120276464A1 Photoelectrochemical Cell and Energy System Using Same Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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