Photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen using multi-junction solar cell with different deposited thin films

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 322-328

  Huang, Chao Wei ^a   Liao, Chi Hung ^a   Wu, Chih Hung ^b   Wu, Jeffrey C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

H type reactor; Hydrogen; Multi junction; Solar energy; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CELLS; ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED DEPOSITION; EXTERNAL CIRCUITS; H-TYPE REACTOR; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; IRON OXIDE LAYERS; METAL THIN FILM; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; MULTI-JUNCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; PHOTOREACTIONS; POOR PERFORMANCE; REACTOR SYSTEMS; SILVER THIN FILMS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER REDUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

DEPOSITS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GERMANIUM; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; IRON OXIDES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PLATINUM; SILVER; SILVER OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84867573119     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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