Novel concepts in electrochemical solar cells. Quarterly technical progress report, December 15, 1980-March 15, 1981

Technical Report · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6487299· OSTI ID:6487299

During the past quarter, the following areas were emphasized: (a) characterization of redox couples with very positive potentials in room-temperature AlCl/sub 3/-BPC electrolytes and comparison of the electrochemical behavior of decamethyl ferrocene in these electrolytes with the previously-studied ferrocene/ferricenium ion couple, (b) photoelectrochemical characterization of CdSe thin-film anodes in aqueous polysulfide electrolytes and (c) refinement of the admittance measurement technique for extraction of Mott-Schottky parameters. The results of research in these areas are detailed in turn below.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA); Research Inst. of Colorado, Fort Collins (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 6487299
• Report Number(s): SERI/PR-9272-1-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140505* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photochemical
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ANODES
AROMATICS
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIDES
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM SELENIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
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DIENES
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REDOX POTENTIAL
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