title: Conversion of Biomass Derivatives to Electricity in Photo Fuel Cells using Undoped and Tungsten-doped Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes.
abstract: The photo fuel cell (PFC) is a promising technology for simultaneously converting solar energy and bioenergy into electricity. Here, we present a miniature air-breathing PFC that uses either BiVO4 or W-doped BiVO4 as the photoanode and a Pt/C catalyst as the air-breathing cathode. The PFC exhibited excellent performance under solar illumination and when fed with several types of biomaterial. We found the PFC performance could be significantly enhanced using W-doping into the BiVO4 photoanode. With glucose as the fuel and simulated sunlight (AM 1.5 G) as the light source, the open-circuit voltage increased from 0.74 to 0.92 V, the short-circuit current density rose from 0.46 to 1.62 mA cm(-2) , and the maximum power density was boosted from 0.05 to 0.38 mW cm(-2) , compared to a PFC using undoped BiVO4 as the anode.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510641, P.R. China.|State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bingqing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jingying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chunmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ruifeng
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Bao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhiliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ailong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510641, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhenxing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510641, P.R. China. chsjliao@scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shijun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, Shenyang, 116023, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D001729:Bismuth / Q000737:chemistry*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013472:Sunlight; D014414:Tungsten / Q000737:chemistry*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C091754:bismuth vanadium tetraoxide; D014638:Vanadates; D005947:Glucose; D001729:Bismuth; D014414:Tungsten
keywords: biomass; fuel cell; photoanode; solar energy; tungsten