{"title":"Neat Polythiophene Film: Their Very High Photoelectrochemical Performance Allowing Completely Solar-Driven Water-Splitting","authors":"Kouki Oka, H. Nishide, B. Winther‐Jensen","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3721720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3721720","url":null,"abstract":"π-Conjugated polymers are emerging as appealing photoelectrode materials for the photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction via water-splitting, which has otherwise been extensively explored using inorganic semiconductors. Herein we report the very high performance of a pure organic semiconductor film as a catalyst for hydrogen production via visible-light-driven water-splitting. The neat and unsubstituted polythiophene film, characterised with a well-filled grain morphology of the crystalline polymer, was prepared by a facile polymerisation method. The high photovoltage of 1.38 V vs. RHE at pH 12 enables solar-driven one-electron-per-photon water-splitting in combination with a traditional water-oxidation catalyst to produce hydrogen and oxygen separately. The very high photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution rate of 1.02 mol(H2) h-1g-1 or 0.75 mA/cm2 at 0 V vs. RHE was also achieved with high durability. This study opens a new window for π-conjugated polymers for ultimately sustainable hydrogen production.","PeriodicalId":101698,"journal":{"name":"MatSciRN: Semi- & Super-Conducting Materials (Topic)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128026228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dmitrii A. Oshmarin, Sergey V. Lekomtsev, Natalya V. Sevodina
{"title":"Optimal Placement of Piezoelectric Element on a Plate Interacting With a Fluid Layer","authors":"Dmitrii A. Oshmarin, Sergey V. Lekomtsev, Natalya V. Sevodina","doi":"10.34218/ijaret.10.2.2019.063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34218/ijaret.10.2.2019.063","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we determine the optimal location of the piezoelectric element on the upper surface of a plate, interacting with a layer of a quiescent fluid of finite size. As a quantity, allowing us to evaluate the operating efficiency of a piezoelectric element in damping a single specified mode of structure vibrations, we take the electromechanical coupling coefficient. It is calculated based on the values of the natural frequencies of the system, obtained for the two characteristic performance modes of an electric circuit (open and short circuit modes). The behavior of the piezoelectric element is described by the equations of electrodynamics of deformable electroelastic media in the framework of the quasi-static approximation. The motion of an ideal fluid in the case of small perturbations is considered in the framework of the acoustic approximation. Small strains in a thin plate are determined using the Reissner – Mindlin theory. The numerical implementation of the problem is carried out using the finite element method. The obtained results made it possible to identify situations, where the optimal location of the piezoelectric element can be determined without considering the effect of the fluid.","PeriodicalId":101698,"journal":{"name":"MatSciRN: Semi- & Super-Conducting Materials (Topic)","volume":"176 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116110314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}