Photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic characteristics of amorphous-silicon-based tandem cells as photocathodes for water splitting

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 4026-4031

  Ziegler, Jürgen ^a   Kaiser, Bernhard ^a   Jaegermann, Wolfram ^a   Urbain, Félix ^b   Becker, Jan Philipp ^b   Smirnov, Vladimir ^b   Finger, Friedhelm ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrolysis; Photoelectrochemistry photovoltaics; Solar cells; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915750504     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402552     Document Type: Article

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