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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2013
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan S. Lewis, La Canada Flintridge, CA (US);
Joshua M. Spurgeon, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/00 (2006.01); C25B 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 9/08 (2013.01); C25B 1/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
The solar fuels generator includes an ionically conductive separator between a gaseous first phase and a second phase. A photoanode uses one or more components of the first phase to generate cations during operation of the solar fuels generator. A cation conduit is positioned provides a pathway along which the cations travel from the photoanode to the separator. The separator conducts the cations. A second solid cation conduit conducts the cations from the separator to a photocathode.