Urbain, F. ; Wilken, K. ; Smirnov, V. ; Astakhov, O. ; Lambertz, A. ; Becker, J.-P. ; Rau, U. ; Ziegler, J. ; Kaiser, B. ; Jaegermann, W. ; Finger, F. (2014)
Development of Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Tandem Junction Based Photocathodes Providing High Open-Circuit Voltages for Hydrogen Production.
In: International Journal of Photoenergy, 2014
doi: 10.1155/2014/249317
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film tandem solar cells (a-Si:H/a-Si:H) have been developed with focus on high open-circuit voltages for the direct application as photocathodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting devices. By temperature variation during deposition of the intrinsic a-Si:H absorber layers the band gap energy of a-Si:H absorber layers, correlating with the hydrogen content of the material, can be adjusted and combined in a way that a-Si:H/a-Si:H tandem solar cells provide open-circuit voltages up to 1.87 V. The applicability of the tandem solar cells as photocathodes was investigated in a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) measurement set-up. With platinum as a catalyst, the a-Si:H/a-Si:H based photocathodes exhibit a high photocurrent onset potential of 1.76 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and a photocurrent of 5.3 mA/cm2 at 0 V versus RHE (under halogen lamp illumination). Our results provide evidence that a direct application of thin film silicon based photocathodes fulfills the main thermodynamic requirements to generate hydrogen. Furthermore, the presented approach may provide an efficient and low-cost route to solar hydrogen production.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2014 |
| Autor(en): | Urbain, F. ; Wilken, K. ; Smirnov, V. ; Astakhov, O. ; Lambertz, A. ; Becker, J.-P. ; Rau, U. ; Ziegler, J. ; Kaiser, B. ; Jaegermann, W. ; Finger, F. |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Development of Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Tandem Junction Based Photocathodes Providing High Open-Circuit Voltages for Hydrogen Production |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 16 Juli 2014 |
| Verlag: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | International Journal of Photoenergy |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 2014 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/249317 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film tandem solar cells (a-Si:H/a-Si:H) have been developed with focus on high open-circuit voltages for the direct application as photocathodes in photoelectrochemical water splitting devices. By temperature variation during deposition of the intrinsic a-Si:H absorber layers the band gap energy of a-Si:H absorber layers, correlating with the hydrogen content of the material, can be adjusted and combined in a way that a-Si:H/a-Si:H tandem solar cells provide open-circuit voltages up to 1.87 V. The applicability of the tandem solar cells as photocathodes was investigated in a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC) measurement set-up. With platinum as a catalyst, the a-Si:H/a-Si:H based photocathodes exhibit a high photocurrent onset potential of 1.76 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and a photocurrent of 5.3 mA/cm2 at 0 V versus RHE (under halogen lamp illumination). Our results provide evidence that a direct application of thin film silicon based photocathodes fulfills the main thermodynamic requirements to generate hydrogen. Furthermore, the presented approach may provide an efficient and low-cost route to solar hydrogen production. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft > Fachgebiet Oberflächenforschung 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 27 Feb 2015 12:37 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 29 Mär 2015 17:08 |
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| Sponsoren: | The research is partly financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Prority Programme 1613: , Regeneratively Produced Fuels by Light Driven Water Splitting: Investigation of Involved Elementary Processes and Perspectives of Technologic Implementation , and by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) in the network project: Sustainable Hydrogen (FKZ 03X3581B). , J. Ziegler, B. Kaiser, and W. Jaegermann acknowledge partial financial support by the DFG Excellency Graduate School of Energy Science and Engineering (GSC 1070). |
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