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Cuprous Oxide Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting towards Unassisted Solar Hydrogen Production
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Lausanne, EPFL, 2019.
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Abstract
- To handle global problems of energy and environmental pollution, efforts have been made to harvest energy from sunlight. Photoelectrochemcal water splitting is an efficient way to achieve sustainable solar-fuel production. However, to make this method competitive to traditional methods, low-cost, abundant and high-performance semiconductor materials are required. Among which, Cu2O is a promising candidate. Conformal atomic layer deposited layers are applied on the photocathode to improve performance and stability. Electrodeposited catalyst composing earth-abundant elements are used to decrease kinetic barrier. A great enhancement on overall performance is achieved.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2150c5ca93f88facf66875ede8851ecb
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5075/epfl-thesis-7340