Performance and failure modes of Si anodes patterned with thin-film Ni catalyst islands for water oxidation

Sun, Ke; Ritzert, Nicole L.; John, Jimmy; Tan, Haiyan; Hale, William G.; Jiang, Jingjing; Moreno-Hernandez, Ivan; Papadantonakis, Kimberly M.; Moffat, Thomas P.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Lewis, Nathan S.

doi:10.1039/c7se00583k

Performance and failure modes of Si anodes patterned with thin-film Ni catalyst islands for water oxidation

Journal Article · 01 January 2018 · Sustainable Energy & Fuels

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7se00583k· OSTI ID:1539957

^[1]; Ritzert, Nicole L. ^[2]; ^[1]; Tan, Haiyan ^[2]; Hale, William G. ^[3]; Jiang, Jingjing ^[4]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Moffat, Thomas P. ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[7]

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; USA
Theiss Research; USA; National Institute of Standards and Technology; Material Measurement Laboratory; Gaithersburg
Department of Chemistry; University of Southampton; Southampton; UK
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; USA
National Institute of Standards and Technology; Material Measurement Laboratory; Gaithersburg; USA
Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Research Center; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; USA
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; California Institute of Technology; Pasadena; USA; Beckman Institute Molecular Materials Research Center

Silicon photoanodes patterned with thin-film Ni catalyst islands exhibited stable sunlight-driven O₂evolution for over 240 h of continuous operation in 1.0 M KOH.

Research Organization:: California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0004993

OSTI ID:: 1539957

Journal Information:: Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Vol. 2, Issue 5; ISSN 2398-4902

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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