Energy-Conversion Properties of Vapor-Liquid-Solid–Grown Silicon Wire-Array Photocathodes
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- 8 January 2010
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 327 (5962), 185-187
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1180783
Abstract
Silicon Microwires as Photocathodes: Solar hydrogen generation will require the development of photocathodes with high surface area, durability, and efficiency. Silicon microwire arrays, which allow for greater light penetration, could achieve this goal if the carrier mobilities are sufficiently high so that surface reactions occur before charges recombine. Boettcher et al. (p. 185 ) report the electronic properties on positively doped silicon microwire arrays that were grown with copper catalysts and used in a methyl viologen redox system. Although equivalent efficiencies for normal solar fluxes were only 2 to 3%, the high internal efficiencies and low use of the available optical flux suggest that further improvements are possible.Keywords
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