Charge Transfer Characterization of ALD-Grown TiO2 Protective Layers in Silicon Photocathodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 17932-17941

  Ros, Carles ^a   Andreu, Teresa ^a,b   Hernández Alonso, María Dolores ^c   Penelas Pérez, Germán ^c   Arbiol, Jordi ^d,e   Morante, Joan R ^a,b  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; PEC cells; protecting overlayers; silicon; solar hydrogen production; titanium dioxide; water splitting

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALE CONDUCTIVITY; OVERLAYERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC ABSORBERS; SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; WATER SPLITTING;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

EID: 85019968060     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02996     Document Type: Article

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