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@ARTICLE{Urbain:200799,
author = {Urbain, Felix and Smirnov, Vladimir and Becker, Jan Philipp
and Rau, Uwe and Ziegler, Jürgen and Kaiser, Bernhard and
Jaegermann, Wolfram and Finger, Friedhelm},
title = {{A}pplication and modeling of an integrated amorphous
silicon tandem based device for solar water splitting},
journal = {Solar energy materials $\&$ solar cells},
volume = {140},
issn = {0927-0248},
address = {Amsterdam},
publisher = {North Holland},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-03192},
pages = {275 - 280},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Direct solar-to-hydrogen conversion via water splitting was
demonstrated in an integrated photovoltaic–electrochemical
(PV–EC) device using a hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin
film tandem junction (a-Si:H/a-Si:H) solar cell as
photocathode. The solar cell was adapted to provide
sufficient photovoltage to drive both the hydrogen and
oxygen evolution reactions. The best results, in terms of
photoelectrochemical stability and performance, were
obtained with an Ag/Pt layer stack as H2 evolving
photocathode back contact and with a RuO2 counter electrode
for O2 evolution. Under irradiation by simulated sunlight
(AM 1.5 spectrum with 100 mW/cm2), we achieved $6.8\%$
solar-to-hydrogen efficiency at 0 V applied bias in a
two-electrode set-up. This sets a fresh benchmark for
integrated thin film silicon tandem based
photoelectrochemical devices. In addition, the photovoltage
at constant current (−3 mA/cm2) was measured over a
prolonged period of time and revealed an excellent chemical
stability (operation over 50 h) of the photocathode.
Furthermore, we present an empirical serial circuit model of
the PV–EC device, in which the corresponding photovoltaic
and electrochemical components are decoupled. This allows
for a detailed comparison between the solar cell and the
PV–EC cell characteristics, from which the relevant loss
processes in the overall system could be identified. The
model was further used to compare calculated and measured
photocurrent–voltage characteristics of the investigated
PV–EC device which showed excellent agreement.},
cin = {IEK-5},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
pnm = {126 - Solar Fuels (POF3-126) / 121 - Solar cells of the
next generation (POF3-121) / HITEC - Helmholtz
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate
Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-126 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-121 /
G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000356746800036},
doi = {10.1016/j.solmat.2015.04.013},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/200799},
}