Nanowire structures for solar water splitting

Patent · Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:1568408

Yang, Peidong; Liu, Chong; Tang, Jinyao; Chen, Hao Ming; Liu, Bin

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to solar water splitting. In one aspect, a structure includes a plurality of first nanowires, the plurality of first nanowires comprising an n-type semiconductor or a p-type semiconductor. The structure further includes a second nanowire, the second nanowire comprising the n-type semiconductor or the p-type semiconductor, the second nanowire being a different composition than the plurality of first nanowires. The second nanowire includes a first region and a second region, with the first region having a conductive layer disposed thereon, and each of the plurality of first nanowires being disposed on the conductive layer.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 10,304,980
• Application Number: 14/692,886
• OSTI ID: 1568408
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 04/22/2015
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English