Comparison between the measured and modeled hydrogen-evolution activity of Ni- or Pt-coated silicon photocathodes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 16220-16226

  Huang, Zhuangqun ^a,b   McKone, James R ^b   Xiang, Chengxiang ^a   Grimm, Ronald L ^b   Warren, Emily L ^b   Spurgeon, Joshua M ^a   Lewerenz, Hans Joachim ^a   Brunschwig, Bruce S ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

HER; Interface; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrochemistry; Silicon; Solar fuels

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FORECASTING; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); METALLIZING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATHODES; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM; SOLAR FUELS; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN;

METALS;

EID: 84908232593     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.12.162     Document Type: Article

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