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Design considerations for a hybrid amorphous silicon/photoelectrochemical multijunction cell for hydrogen production
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In this article, the authors discuss the specific design considerations for high solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency in a hybrid solid-state/PEC photoelectrode, and describe the use of integrated electrical/electrochemical/optical models developed at the University of Hawaii for the analysis of such hybrid structures.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.The article was published on 2003-06-01. It has received 126 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Semiconductor & Amorphous silicon.read more
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Semiconducting materials for photoelectrochemical energy conversion
Kevin Sivula,Roel van de Krol +1 more
TL;DR: Recently developed semiconductor materials for the direct conversion of light into fuels are scrutinized with respect to their atomic constitution, electronic structure and potential for practical performance as photoelectrodes in PEC cells.
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Solar hydrogen production with nanostructured metal oxides
TL;DR: In this paper, the operating principles of photo-electrochemical devices for water splitting, their main bottlenecks, and various device concepts are reviewed, and the advantages and pitfalls of the use of interfacial layers and dopants are discussed.
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Production of electricity and hydrogen by photocatalytic degradation of organic wastes in a photoelectrochemical cell: the concept of the Photofuelcell: a review of a re-emerging research field.
TL;DR: The present review aims to give a researcher who has no experience with Photofuelcells all necessary basic knowledge to join the field without much trouble and to give to an experienced researcher a handy manual of reference.
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An overview of photocells and photoreactors for photoelectrochemical water splitting
TL;DR: In this article, an overview of the PE configurations and the possible photocell and photoreactor design for hydrogen production by direct photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is presented.
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Semiconductor–Electrocatalyst Interfaces: Theory, Experiment, and Applications in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
TL;DR: Dual-working-electrode (DWE) photoelectrochemistry to address the limitation in understanding of the semiconductor-Electrocatalyst (sem|cat) interface is developed and the properties of transition-metal oxyhydroxide electrocatalysts are highlighted, because they are the fastest oxygen-evolution catalysts known in alkaline media and are (typically) permeable to electrolyte.
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Oxide semiconductors in photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy
TL;DR: In this paper, a wide range of oxides were examined for use as anodes in photoelectrochemical cells for the conversion of solar energy into electrical power or hydrogen, and the Schottky barrier model of the semi-conductor-electrolyte interface was used throughout.
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Photoelectrochemical Properties of Nanostructured Tungsten Trioxide Films
TL;DR: In this article, the photoelectrochemical characteristics of highly transparent nanoporous WO3 films are described and the photocurrent versus excitation wavelength spectra exhibit a maximum close to 400 nm and a significant photoresponse to the blue part of the visible spectrum.
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Photoelectrochemical splitting of water at nanocrystalline n-fe2o3 thin-film electrodes
Shahed U. M. Khan,Jun Akikusa +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a spray-pyrolytic method was used to synthesize nanocrystalline thin films of n-Fe2O3 for the photoelectrochemical splitting of water to hydrogen and oxygen gases.
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High-efficiency photoelectrochemical hydrogen production using multijunction amorphous silicon photoelectrodes
TL;DR: In this article, photoelectrochemical solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies as high as 7.8% have been demonstrated in outdoor testing using a photocathode fabricated from triple junction amorphous silicon-solar cells and a separate catalytic anode.
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Electrochemical Behavior of Reactively Sputtered Iron‐Doped Nickel Oxide
Eric L. Miller,Richard Rocheleau +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the incorporation of iron reduced the overpotential required for oxygen evolution by as much as 300 mV at a current density of 100 mA/cm 2 compared to undoped nickel oxide under similar conditions.
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