Solar-to-hydrogen production at 14.2% efficiency with silicon photovoltaics and earth-abundant electrocatalysts

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 2016, Pages F1177-F1181

  Schüttauf, Jan Willem ^a   Modestino, Miguel A ^b   Chinello, Enrico ^b   Lambelet, David ^b   Delfino, Antonio ^c   Dominé, Didier ^a   Faes, Antonin ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Bailat, Julien ^a   Psaltis, Demetri ^b   Moser, Christophe ^b   Ballif, Christophe ^a,b  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Michelin Recherche et Technique SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EARTH-ABUNDANT MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MATERIALS; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84987741029     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.0541610jes     Document Type: Article

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