The role of selective contacts and built-in field for charge separation and transport in photoelectrochemical devices
Markus Schleuning, Ibbi Y. Ahmet, Roel van de Krol, Matthias M. May
Abstract
The principal driving force for charge carrier separation in a PEC cell is given by the QFL gradients. Upon illumination the E-field is reduced by the amount of photovoltage delivered. Selective contacts are thus decisive for device performance.
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Charge (physics)Separation (statistics)OptoelectronicsField (mathematics)Materials scienceCharge carrierComputer sciencePhysicsQuantum mechanicsMathematicsMachine learningPure mathematicsChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials