Journal Article FZJ-2016-01849

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Modeling and practical realization of thin film silicon-based integrated solar water splitting devices

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2016
Wiley-VCH Weinheim

Physica status solidi / A 213(7), 1738 - 1746 () [10.1002/pssa.201533025]

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Abstract: An integrated solar water splitting device based on thin film silicon multijunction photocathodes is presented. A graphical representation of the photovoltaic current–voltage data is introduced which allows for an estimation of the maximum achievable solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of the integrated device. Furthermore, a simple yet very useful series circuit model is used to predict the photoelectrochemical performance of the integrated device in a more elaborate way when the j–V characteristics of the individual components are known. Within the model, the j–V characteristics of each component can be either modeled with parameters from the literature or measured. The photocathode, the electrolyte concentration, and the hydrogen and oxygen evolving catalysts were varied exemplarily and the impact of each component on the integrated device performance was evaluated. A maximum solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 9.5% was found using a triple junction solar cell functionalized with a Pt catalyst for the hydrogen evolution and a RuO2 catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction in a 1 M KOH electrolyte. This result was confirmed experimentally and is compared to efficiencies reported in the literature.

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Contributing Institute(s):
  1. Photovoltaik (IEK-5)
Research Program(s):
  1. 126 - Solar Fuels (POF3-126) (POF3-126)
  2. 121 - Solar cells of the next generation (POF3-121) (POF3-121)
  3. HITEC - Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy and Climate Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406) (HITEC-20170406)

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Medline ; Current Contents - Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences ; IF < 5 ; JCR ; NationallizenzNationallizenz ; No Authors Fulltext ; SCOPUS ; Science Citation Index ; Science Citation Index Expanded ; Thomson Reuters Master Journal List ; Web of Science Core Collection
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