Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

High performance III-V photoelectrodes for solar water splitting via synergistically tailored structure and stoichiometry

  • Haneol Lim,
  • James L. Young,
  • John F. Geisz,
  • Daniel J. Friedman,
  • Todd G. Deutsch,
  • Jongseung Yoon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11351-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Photoelectrochemical water splitting presents an integrated means storing sunlight into fuels, yet high optical losses and corrosion limit device performance. Here, authors boost absorption and durability in gallium-indium phosphide photocathodes via a sulfurized and nanostructured protection layer.