The What, Why, Who, and How of the SFPA

In our efforts to generate liquid fuels from sunlight and CO₂, CHASE researchers need to identify and quantify products consistently and regularly. A dedicated staff scientist, Dr. Renato Sampaio, has designed, built, and oversees CHASE’s Solar Fuels Product Analysis Laboratory.

Solar Fuels Product Analysis Laboratory Capabilities

• Inert and anaerobic gloveboxes

• Incident Photon to Current conversion Efficiency (IPCE) and Current/Potential measurements

• Transient photovoltage and photocurrent measurements

• In-line Gas Chromatographic sampling for for gaseous product analysis and in-line GC-Mass Spectrometry sampling for liquid product analysis

• Air Mass 1.5 Solar Simulator for Photoelectrochemical Measurements

• Benchtop Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer