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Arno H. M. Smets

Researcher at Delft University of Technology

Publications -  120
Citations -  3528

Arno H. M. Smets is an academic researcher from Delft University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Silicon & Amorphous silicon. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 106 publications receiving 2972 citations. Previous affiliations of Arno H. M. Smets include Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

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Efficient solar water splitting by enhanced charge separation in a bismuth vanadate-silicon tandem photoelectrode

TL;DR: By combining this state-of-the-art photoanode with an earth-abundant cobalt phosphate water-oxidation catalyst and a double- or single-junction amorphous Si solar cell in a tandem configuration, stable short-circuit water-splitting photocurrents of ~4 and 3 mA cm(-2) are achieved under 1 sun illumination.
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Plasmonic Light Trapping in Thin-film Silicon Solar Cells with Improved Self-Assembled Silver Nanoparticles

TL;DR: It is demonstrated experimentally that a back reflector with plasmonic Ag nanoparticles can provide light-trapping performance comparable to state-of-the-art random textures in n-i-p amorphous silicon solar cells.
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Solar photovoltaics is ready to power a sustainable future

TL;DR: The factors that lie behind the historical cost reductions of solar PV are reviewed and innovations in the pipeline are identified that could contribute to maintaining a high learning rate, which will be crucial to remain in a decarbonization path compatible with the Paris Agreement.
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Efficient Water‐Splitting Device Based on a Bismuth Vanadate Photoanode and Thin‐Film Silicon Solar Cells

TL;DR: A hybrid photovoltaic/photoelectrochemical (PV/PEC) water-splitting device with a benchmark solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of 5.2% under simulated air mass (AM) 1.5 illumination is reported.
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Application of plasmonic silver island films in thin-film silicon solar cells

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a common self-assembly technique to fabricate a range of silver island films on transparent substrates and measure their reflectance and transmittance for visible and near infrared light.