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Title: Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode arrays for unassisted photolytic water splitting

Abstract

Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode panels, capable of vectorial electron transfer, have been used in series arrays to photodecompose water to yield hydrogen and oxygen in stoichiometric ratio with a maximum equivalent solar efficiency of about 1%. The use of bipolar photoelectrode arrays obviates the problems of the location of the semiconductor band edges relative to the water decomposition potentials and the requirement of semiconductor stability during photohole generation and oxygen production in aqueous solutions.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas, Austin
OSTI Identifier:
6804736
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
08 HYDROGEN; 14 SOLAR ENERGY; CADMIUM SELENIDES; PHOTOELECTROLYTIC CELLS; COBALT SULFIDES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION; VOLTAMETRY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION; DATA; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION; LYSIS; NUMERICAL DATA; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SELENIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 080106* - Hydrogen- Production- Biosynthesis & Photochemical Processes; 140505 - Solar Energy Conversion- Photochemical, Photobiological, & Thermochemical Conversion- (1980-)

Citation Formats

Smotkin, E S, Cervera-March, S, Bard, A J, Campion, A, Fox, M A, Mallouk, T, Webber, S E, and White, J M. Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode arrays for unassisted photolytic water splitting. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.1021/j100285a003.
Smotkin, E S, Cervera-March, S, Bard, A J, Campion, A, Fox, M A, Mallouk, T, Webber, S E, & White, J M. Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode arrays for unassisted photolytic water splitting. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100285a003
Smotkin, E S, Cervera-March, S, Bard, A J, Campion, A, Fox, M A, Mallouk, T, Webber, S E, and White, J M. 1987. "Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode arrays for unassisted photolytic water splitting". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/j100285a003.
@article{osti_6804736,
title = {Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode arrays for unassisted photolytic water splitting},
author = {Smotkin, E S and Cervera-March, S and Bard, A J and Campion, A and Fox, M A and Mallouk, T and Webber, S E and White, J M},
abstractNote = {Bipolar CdSe/CoS semiconductor photoelectrode panels, capable of vectorial electron transfer, have been used in series arrays to photodecompose water to yield hydrogen and oxygen in stoichiometric ratio with a maximum equivalent solar efficiency of about 1%. The use of bipolar photoelectrode arrays obviates the problems of the location of the semiconductor band edges relative to the water decomposition potentials and the requirement of semiconductor stability during photohole generation and oxygen production in aqueous solutions.},
doi = {10.1021/j100285a003},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6804736}, journal = {J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 91:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}