Earth-abundant Cu-based metal oxide photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting

C Li, J He, Y Xiao, Y Li, JJ Delaunay - Energy & Environmental Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar-fuel conversion is a promising approach to converting
energy from sunlight into storable chemical fuels. The development of low cost, highly …

Carrier‐selective contacts using metal compounds for crystalline silicon solar cells

J Ibarra Michel, J Dréon, M Boccard… - Progress in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar cells rely on the efficient generation of electrons and holes and the subsequent
collection of these photoexcited charge carriers at spatially separated electrodes. High wafer …

Room-temperature synthesized copper iodide thin film as degenerate p-type transparent conductor with a boosted figure of merit

C Yang, M Kneiβ, M Lorenz… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
A degenerate p-type conduction of cuprous iodide (CuI) thin films is achieved at the iodine-
rich growth condition, allowing for the record high room-temperature conductivity of∼ 156 …

Heterojunction solar cell with 2% efficiency based on a Cu2O substrate

A Mittiga, E Salza, F Sarto, M Tucci… - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the fabrication of heterojunction solar cells made by deposition of transparent
conducting oxide (TCO) films on Cu 2 O substrates. The TCO films have been grown by ion …

Crystal and defect chemistry of rare earth cations in BaTiO3

Y Tsur, TD Dunbar, CA Randall - Journal of electroceramics, 2001 - Springer
This study revisits the issue of rare earth cation substitutions into barium titanate. Analysis
based upon crystal chemistry, defect chemistry and metastable states is presented to aid …

Nature of native defects in ZnO

FA Selim, MH Weber, D Solodovnikov, KG Lynn - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
This study revealed the nature of native defects and their roles in ZnO through positron
annihilation and optical transmission measurements. It showed oxygen vacancies are the …

The microscopic origin of the doping limits in semiconductors and wide-gap materials and recent developments in overcoming these limits: a review

SB Zhang - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the recent developments in first-principles total energy studies of the
phenomenological equilibrium'doping limit rule'that governs the maximum electrical …

Mixed ionic–electronic conductors—material properties and applications

I Riess - Solid State Ionics, 2003 - Elsevier
Mixed ionic–electronic conductors (MIECs) are examined first with respect to their possible
applications and then with respect to their properties. The emphasis is on electrochemical …

Copper oxide-based photocatalysts and photocathodes: fundamentals and recent advances

T Baran, A Visibile, M Busch, X He, S Wojtyla… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
This work aims at reviewing the most impactful results obtained on the development of Cu-
based photocathodes. The need of a sustainable exploitation of renewable energy sources …

Incompatible Length Scales in Nanostructured Cu2O Solar Cells

KP Musselman, A Marin… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrodeposited Cu2O‐ZnO heterojunctions are promising low‐cost solar cells.
While nanostructured architectures improve charge collection in these devices, low open …