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@PHDTHESIS{Urbain:811613,
      author       = {Urbain, Félix},
      title        = {{L}ight induced water splitting using multijunction thin
                      film silicon solar cells},
      volume       = {323},
      school       = {RWTH Aachen},
      type         = {Dr.},
      address      = {Jülich},
      publisher    = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2016-04025},
      isbn         = {978-3-95806-148-4},
      series       = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich Reihe Energie $\&$
                      Umwelt / Energy $\&$ Environment},
      pages        = {ix, 174, XLVI S.},
      year         = {2016},
      note         = {RWTH Aachen, Diss., 2016},
      abstract     = {It has been widely recognised that fossil fuel reserves are
                      not suffcient to cover the energy demand of our societies in
                      the future, even if the energy utilisation would stagnate on
                      today's level. The extent of the problem is also associated
                      with the emission of the greenhouse gas CO$_{2}$ upon
                      combustion of fossil fuels that can lead to unpredictable
                      climate changes on earth. Nature's own processes of fuel
                      generation based on biomass utilisation are considered to be
                      not effcient enough to replenish the used resources on a
                      short time scale. To relieve this predicament, a transition
                      from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is therefore
                      imperative and unavoidable. Renewable and carbon-free energy
                      from wind and solar radiation are the only means which can
                      fully replace fossil fuels and are able to cover an
                      increasing energy demand in the future. But up to now, these
                      fluctuating energy resources lack an appropriate and
                      effcient storage technology. Light induced water splitting,
                      a process that mimics natural photosynthesis, provides a
                      viable example of an ecofriendly energy concept as it
                      converts solar energy into a storable and clean chemical
                      fuel with a high gravimetric energy density, namely
                      hydrogen. To be competitive with fossil fuels or hydrogen
                      production by other means, this process must however become
                      highly effcient and low-cost. In this regard, the
                      utilisation of semiconductor based devices for the
                      photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen from water and
                      sunlight is a promising and elegant means to store renewable
                      energy and has been attracting considerable interest among
                      research groups worldwide. To split water effciently into
                      its components hydrogen and oxygen the semiconductor
                      photoelectrode has to meet several requirements [...]},
      cin          = {IEK-5},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
      pnm          = {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)POF3-121 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/811613},
}