Photoelectrochemical Devices for Solar Energy Conversion

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Photoelectrolysis Cells [Optical Energy Stored as Chemical Energy in Endoergic Reactions] 

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Newman, J. Photoelectrochemical Devices for Solar Energy Conversion 18... 

Nozik, A.J., Photoelectrochemical devices for solar energy conversion, in Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Solar Energy Conversion, Cardon, F., Gomes, W.P., and Dekeyser, W. (Eds), Plenum, New York, 1981, 263. 

A. J. Nozik, Photoelectrochemical Devices for Solar Energy Conversion. Presented at the NATO Advanced Summer Institute (ref. 2). 

The optimization of photoelectrochemical devices for solar energy conversion depends on the choice of semiconductor, electrolyte, and cell design. The performance of the cell is strongly dependent upon the design, surface area, and placement of the counterelectrode and current collectors. This type of solar cell may be economical under concentrated illumination or in regions where electrical power has high value. 

As Fig. 27 illustrates, there are basically three types of photoelectrochemical devices for solar energy conversion. The first type is regenerative in nature and the species that are photooxidized at the -type semiconductor electrode are simply re-reduced at the counterelectrode (Fig. 27a). Instead of an elec-trocatalytic electrode [291, 292] where the counterelectrode reaction occurs in the dark (this is the situation schematized... 

Fig. 27 Types of photoelectrochemical devices for solar energy conversion, (a),...

A. J. Nadkin Photoelectrochemical devices for solar energy conversion, NATO advance study institute series. Series B Physics, Plenum press. New York, 1981, p. 280, Vol. 69. 

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION Electrochemical Photovoltaic Cells... 

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