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Development and Realization of a Solar Light Driven μ-Fuel Cell Device on a Microfluidic Chip Platform
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Development and Realization of a Solar Light Driven μ-Fuel Cell Device on a Microfluidic Chip Platform

Y. Pihosh, J. Uemura, K. Mawatari and T. Kitamori
MicroTAS 2015 - 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, pp.275-277
2015

Abstract

Micro-fuel cell O2/H2 generation and separation Solar water splitting in microchip Control and Systems Engineering
In this work, we report on the development and realization of a totally integrated solar light driven μ-fuel cell (μ-FC) device integrated on a microfluidic chip platform. We developed a new type of a core-shell nanostructured heterojunction WO /BiVO photoanode for efficient fuel production under solar light illumination and successfully integrated it into the light driven μ-FC device with the help of top down and bottom up technological processes. We describe the device concept, explain its main functional units which are based on the specific properties of micro/nano fluidics and finally demonstrate its working principle under solar light illumination.

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