Solar water splitting with earth-abundant materials using amorphous silicon photocathodes and Al/Ni contacts as hydrogen evolution catalyst

作者: F. Urbain , V. Smirnov , J.-P. Becker , U. Rau , J. Ziegler

DOI: 10.1016/J.CPLETT.2015.08.018

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摘要: Abstract An all earth-abundant and precious metal-free photocathode based on a low-temperature fabricated amorphous silicon tandem junction is demonstrated to be an efficient device for solar water splitting. With particular designed Al/Ni layer stack as photocathode/electrolyte contact onset potential cathodic photocurrent of 1.7 V vs. RHE saturation density 7.2 mA/cm 2 were achieved. For high-cost alternative with Ag/Pt even higher performance demonstrated. Above we present approach dedicated photovoltaic electrochemical development

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