Experimental demonstrations of spontaneous, solar-driven photoelectrochemical water splitting
- 24 March 2015
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Energy & Environmental Science
- Vol. 8 (10), 2811-2824
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ee00457h
Abstract
Laboratory demonstrations of spontaneous photoelectrochemical solar water splitting cells are reviewed. Reported solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies are as high as 18%. Reported operational lifetimes are relatively short, with few demonstrations exceeding one week.Keywords
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