Efficient solar-driven water splitting by nanocone BiVO4-perovskite tandem cells

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Qiu, Yongcai ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^b   Chen, Wei ^b,c   Zhou, Guangmin ^b   Hsu, Po Chun ^b   Zhang, Rufan ^b   Liang, Zheng ^b   Fan, Shoushan ^a   Zhang, Yuegang ^a,d   Cui, Yi ^b,e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; MULTIPLE LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCONE STRUCTURES; PHOTOANODE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SOLAR-TO-HYDROGEN CONVERSIONS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH VANADIUM TETRAOXIDE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; VANADIC ACID; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; NANOPORE; SOLAR ENERGY;

BISMUTH; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPORES; OXIDES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; VANADATES; WATER;

EID: 84997558754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501764     Document Type: Article

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