Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Stable solar water splitting with wettable organic-layer-protected silicon photocathodes

  • Bo Wu,
  • Tuo Wang,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Huimin Li,
  • Yunlong Wang,
  • Shujie Wang,
  • Lili Zhang,
  • Shaokun Jiang,
  • Chunlei Pei,
  • Jinlong Gong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32099-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Preparation of inorganic protective layers for photoelectrodes requires high-quality deposition techniques. Here, the authors report a spin-coated organic protective layer that enables Si photocathodes to realize stable solar water splitting.