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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takeyuki Sekimoto, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Deguchi, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Yotsuhashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashiba, Osaka, JP;
Yuka Yamada, Nara, JP;
Shuichi Shinagawa, Kagoshima, JP;
Abstract
A method for reducing carbon dioxide is provided. In the present method, used is an anode electrode comprises a stacked structure of a photoelectric conversion layer, a metal layer, and an InGaN layer (where 0<x≤1). The InGaN layer is of i-type or n-type. The metal layer is interposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the InGaN layer. When irradiating the anode electrode with light, a first light part included in the light is absorbed by the InGaN layer and a second light part included in the light travels through the InGaN layer. The second light part is absorbed by the photoelectric conversion layer to generate electric power in the photoelectric conversion layer. The second light part has a longer wavelength than the first light part. The carbon dioxide contained in the first electrolyte solution is reduced on the cathode electrode.