Photoelectrochemical water splitting: a road from stable metal oxides to protected thin film solar cells
Carles Ros, Teresa Andreu, J.R. Morante
Abstract
The present review offers a detailed analysis of Photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices from metal oxide electrodes forming a semiconductor–liquid junction to protected and catalyst-decorated third generation solar cells adapted into photoelectrodes.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhotoelectrochemical cellOxideThin filmSemiconductorOptoelectronicsWater splittingMetalElectrodeThin film solar cellNanotechnologyCatalysisChemistryMetallurgyPhotocatalysisBiochemistryPhysical chemistryElectrolyteCopper-based nanomaterials and applicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion