Comparison of the performance of cop-coated and pt-coated radial junction n+p-silicon microwire-array photocathodes for the sunlight-driven reduction of water to H2(g)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1679-1683

  Roske, Christopher W ^a   Popczun, Eric J ^a   Seger, Brian ^b   Read, Carlos G ^a   Pedersen, Thomas ^b   Hansen, Ole ^b   Vesborg, Peter C K ^b   Brunschwig, Bruce S ^c   Schaak, Raymond E ^a   Chorkendorff, Ib ^b   Gray, Harry B ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a,c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalt phosphide; hydrogen evolution; microwires; platinum; silicon; solar fuel

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN FUELS; NANOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATHODES; PLATINUM; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COBALT PHOSPHIDE; EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; ELECTROCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; MICRO WIRE; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; SOLAR FUELS;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84929012031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00495     Document Type: Article

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