Dynamic Photoelectrochemical Device with Open-Circuit Potential Insensitive to Thermodynamic Voltage Loss
- Title
- Dynamic Photoelectrochemical Device with Open-Circuit Potential Insensitive to Thermodynamic Voltage Loss
- Author
- 이정호
- Keywords
- WATER-SPLITTING PHOTOANODES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; H-2 EVOLUTION; SOLAR-CELLS; SILICON; PERFORMANCE; SI; LAYER; ELECTROCATALYST; PHOTOCATHODES
- Issue Date
- 2018-09
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, v. 9, No. 18, Page. 5412-5418
- Abstract
- The open-circuit potential (V-oc) represents the maximum thermodynamic potential in a device, and achieving a high V-oc is crucial for self-biased photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices that use only solar energy to produce chemical energy. In general, V-oc is limited by the photovoltage (V-ph), which is a potential difference generated by light-induced thermodynamic processes at semiconductor photoelectrodes, such as the generation and recombination of charge carriers. Therefore, low light intensity and nanostructured semiconductor materials degrade V-ph (and V-oc) by inefficient carrier generation and by enhancing recombination loss, respectively. Here, we report that V-oc in dynamic PEC devices employing a porous NiOx/Si photocathode is insensitive to thermodynamic losses, which was clarified by varying the carrier generation and recombination rates. The V-oc values were observed to be unchanged even under a low light intensity of 0.1 sun, as well as for different morphologies such as nanostructured and polycrystalline Si. These findings shed light on the potential merit of dynamically operated PEC systems.
- URI
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02295https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/105811
- ISSN
- 1948-7185
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02295
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES[E](공학대학) > MATERIALS SCIENCE AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING(재료화학공학과) > Articles
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