Integrating a Semitransparent, Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cell in Tandem with a BiVO4 Photoanode for Unassisted Solar Water Splitting

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 27, 2017, Pages 22449-22455

  Peng, Yuelin ^a   Govindaraju, Gokul V ^b   Lee, Dong Ki ^b   Choi, Kyoung Shin ^b   Andrew, Trisha L ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

bismuth vanadate; non fullerene acceptor; solar fuels; transparent electrode; water splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FULLERENES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BISMUTH VANADATES; NON-FULLERENE ACCEPTOR; SOLAR FUELS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; WATER SPLITTING;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85023760421     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b04486     Document Type: Article

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