Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Efficiency limits for photoelectrochemical water-splitting

  • Katherine T. Fountaine,
  • Hans Joachim Lewerenz,
  • Harry A. Atwater

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13706
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Theoretical limiting efficiencies play a critical role in determining technological viability and expectations for device prototypes. Here, the authors present a unified framework for photoelectrochemical device performance through which previous limiting efficiencies can be understood and contextualized.