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Photocapacitor integrating voltage-adjustable hybrid supercapacitor and silicon solar cell generating a Joule efficiency of 86%

Song, Zeyu
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Wu, Jihuai
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Tu, Yongguang
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September 1, 2022
Energy & Environmental Science

Photocapacitor integrating both energy harvest and storage functions into a single device is a frontier research orientation, which facilitates the efficient and sustainable utilization of green energy. However, the multi-functions in one device and structural complexity of the integrated device, particularly the mismatch between energy harvest and storage units, lead to a relatively large energy loss in the energy storage and output processes. Here, we design a voltage adjustable hybrid supercapacitor (VAHSC) as an energy storage unit of a three-terminal photocapacitor. The VAHSC effectively harmonizes the energy harvest and storage units, resulting in the current, voltage, power, and energy match between both units. The optimal photocapacitor achieves a storage efficiency as high as 98.28% and Joule efficiency of 86.01%, along with excellent charge/discharge cycle stability. The great leap in this efficiency marks a substantial step towards the practical application of solar-charging energy storage integrated devices.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/d2ee01744j
Web of Science ID

WOS:000849196300001

Author(s)
Song, Zeyu
Wu, Jihuai
Tu, Yongguang
Sun, Liuxue
Zhu, Tingting
Li, Guodong
Wang, Xiaobing
Du, Yitian
Deng, Chunyan
Chen, Qi
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Date Issued

2022-09-01

Publisher

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

Published in
Energy & Environmental Science
Volume

15

Issue

10

Start page

4247

End page

4258

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Energy & Fuels

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Engineering, Chemical

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Environmental Sciences

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Chemistry

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Energy & Fuels

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Engineering

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Environmental Sciences & Ecology

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storage

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capacitor

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system

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device

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conversion

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design

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