Title :
Effect of solar thermal energy on photoreactions´ rate
Author :
Hosseini Hashemi, Seyyed Mohammad ; Jae-Woo Choi ; Psaltis, Demetri
Author_Institution :
Opt. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol. Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The Shockley-Queisser limit predicts that at least 70% of solar energy is available to be converted into heat. In this paper, we show that this heating component can play a significant role in photocatalytic reactions.
Keywords :
catalysis; photochemistry; solar absorber-convertors; Shockley-Queisser limit predicts; photocatalytic reactions; photoreaction rate; solar energy; solar thermal energy; Inductors; Photonic band gap; Solar energy; Solar heating; Temperature; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
