Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays

Boettcher, Shannon W. and Warren, Emily L. and Putnam, Morgan C. and Santori, Elizabeth A. and Turner-Evans, Daniel and Kelzenberg, Michael D. and Walter, Michael G. and McKone, James R. and Brunschwig, Bruce S. and Atwater, Harry A. and Lewis, Nathan S. (2011) Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (5). pp. 1216-1219. ISSN 0002-7863. doi:10.1021/ja108801m. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110314-101144886

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Abstract

Arrays of B-doped p-Si microwires, diffusion-doped with P to form a radial n+ emitter and subsequently coated with a 1.5-nm-thick discontinuous film of evaporated Pt, were used as photocathodes for H_2 evolution from water. These electrodes yielded thermodynamically based energy-conversion efficiencies >5% under 1 sun solar simulation, despite absorbing less than 50% of the above-band-gap incident photons. Analogous p-Si wire-array electrodes yielded efficiencies <0.2%, largely limited by the low photovoltage generated at the p-Si/H_2O junction.

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Author	ORCID
Boettcher, Shannon W.	0000-0001-8971-9123
Warren, Emily L.	0000-0001-8568-7881
Kelzenberg, Michael D.	0000-0002-6249-2827
McKone, James R.	0000-0001-6445-7884
Brunschwig, Bruce S.	0000-0002-6135-6727
Atwater, Harry A.	0000-0001-9435-0201
Lewis, Nathan S.	0000-0001-5245-0538

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© 2011 American Chemical Society. Received: October 10, 2010. Published In Issue February 09, 2011. Article ASAP January 07, 2011. The Department of Energy (DE-FG02-05ER15754), the Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project, and Toyota are acknowledged for financial support. S.W.B thanks the Kavli Nanoscience Institute for a postdoctoral fellowship. M.G.W acknowledges support from an NSF American Competitiveness in Chemistry postdoctoral fellowship (CHE-0937048).

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Funding Agency	Grant Number
Department of Energy (DOE)	DE-FG02-05ER15754
Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project	UNSPECIFIED
Toyota	UNSPECIFIED
Kavli Nanoscience Institute	UNSPECIFIED
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship	CHE-0937048

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Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Using Si Microwire Arrays Shannon W. Boettcher, Emily L. Warren, Morgan C. Putnam, Elizabeth A. Santori, Daniel Turner-Evans, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Michael G. Walter, James R. McKone, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Harry A. Atwater, Nathan S. Lewis Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011 133 (5), 1216-1219

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