Wireless solar water splitting using silicon-based semiconductors and earth-abundant catalysts

Science

Volumn 334, Issue 6056, 2011, Pages 645-648

  Reece, Steven Y ^a   Hamel, Jonathan A ^a   Sung, Kimberly ^a   Jarvi, Thomas D ^a   Esswein, Arthur J ^a   Pijpers, Joep J H ^b,c   Nocera, Daniel G ^b  

^a Sun Catalytix   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BORIC ACID; COBALT; FUEL; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; SILICON;

AIR MASS; ALLOY; BORATE; CATALYST; COBALT; PH; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ILLUMINATION; PH; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUNLIGHT; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

EID: 80555150640     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1209816     Document Type: Article

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