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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},
}