Tuning intermediate bands of protective coatings to reach the bulk‐recombination limit of stable water‐oxidation GaP photoanodes

X Shen, T Zhao, H Su, M Yang, J Chen… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable photoelectrochemical solar fuel production requires protective coatings to achieve
effective charge separation, transport, and injection at the semiconductor–liquid interfaces …

Charge Transfer Characterization of ALD-Grown TiO2 Protective Layers in Silicon Photocathodes

C Ros, T Andreu, MD Hernández-Alonso… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A critical parameter for the implementation of standard high-efficiency photovoltaic absorber
materials for photoelectrochemical water splitting is its proper protection from chemical …

The Influence of Structure and Processing on the Behavior of TiO2 Protective Layers for Stabilization of n-Si/TiO2/Ni Photoanodes for Water Oxidation

MT McDowell, MF Lichterman, AI Carim… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Light absorbers with moderate band gaps (1–2 eV) are required for high-efficiency solar
fuels devices, but most semiconducting photoanodes undergo photocorrosion or passivation …

Operando electrochemical study of charge carrier processes in water splitting photoanodes protected by atomic layer deposited TiO 2

W Cui, T Moehl, S Siol, SD Tilley - Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor-based solar energy conversion devices are often multilayer structures with
each layer serving a distinct purpose towards generating an efficient and stable device. In …

Engineering Defects and Interfaces of Atomic Layer-Deposited TiOx-Protective Coatings for Efficient III–V Semiconductor Photocathodes

O Bienek, B Fuchs, M Kuhl, T Rieth, J Kühne… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
III–V compound semiconductors offer optoelectronic properties that are well suited for the
conversion of solar energy to chemical fuels. While such materials suffer from poor stability …

Crystalline TiO2: A Generic and Effective Electron-Conducting Protection Layer for Photoanodes and -cathodes

B Mei, T Pedersen, P Malacrida, D Bae… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Stabilizing efficient photoabsorbers for solar water splitting has recently shown significant
progress with the development of various protection layers. Suitable protection layers for …

Overcoming charge collection limitation at solid/liquid interface by a controllable crystal deficient overlayer

K Zhang, S Ravishankar, M Ma… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk and surface charge recombination of photoelectrode are two key processes that
significantly hinder solar‐to‐fuel conversion of photoelectrochemical cell (PEC). In this …

Stable CdTe photoanodes with energetics matching those of a coating intermediate band

X Chen, X Shen, S Shen, MO Reese, S Hu - ACS Energy Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
A TiO2 coating was grown on a CdTe absorber by atomic layer deposition for stabilization
against its photocorrosion during photoelectrochemical water splitting. Under simulated …

Substantial lifetime enhancement for Si-based photoanodes enabled by amorphous TiO2 coating with improved stoichiometry

Y Dong, M Abbasi, J Meng, L German, C Carlos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amorphous titanium dioxide (TiO2) film coating by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a
promising strategy to extend the photoelectrode lifetime to meet the industrial standard for …

Tunable Ti3+-Mediated Charge Carrier Dynamics of Atomic Layer Deposition-Grown Amorphous TiO2

J Saari, H Ali-Loytty, MM Kauppinen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Amorphous titania (am.-TiO2) has gained wide interest in the field of photocatalysis, thanks
to exceptional disorder-mediated optical and electrical properties compared to crystalline …