PHOTOSINT - A new photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) to produce hydrogen or methanol

The month 36 meeting of the PHOTOSINT project (EU Horizon Europe) took place on September 9th in Castel Romano (Rome, Italy), hosted by RINA CSM; project partners gathered to review progress and discuss the latest developments.

The PHOTOSINT project aims at developing a new photo-electrochemical cell (PEC) to produce hydrogen or methanol using only sunlight as an energy source and wastewater and CO2 as feedstocks. The cell will couple a perovskite solar PV cell, equipped with a novel light concentrator to illuminate the semiconductor surface to maximize overall energy efficiency, and an electrochemical cell for hydrogen and methanol synthesis.

HYSYTECH contributes its extensive expertise in the design, scale-up and manufacturing of photo-electrochemical systems developed through numerous R&D projects; specifically, HYSYTECH leads the assessment of the technology's industrial scale-up potential and explores strategies for its integration into real industrial environment.