Proceedings of nanoGe Fall Meeting 2018 (NFM18)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nfm.2018.056
Publication date: 6th July 2018
The application of multijunction solar cells in photoelectrochemical (PV-EC) devices for hydrogen production is addressed. Integrated PV-EC devices are composed of a ‘traditional’ photovoltaic (PV) cell combined with an electrochemical (EC) cell, presenting a promising approach to produce hydrogen and other fuels. The requirements for PV-EC devices and strategies for the solar cell development will be discussed. The results on the photovoltaic development of multijunction silicon based cells will be presented, focusing on a wide range of photovoltages and photocurrents in various systems, including the adoption of the cells to function on either cathode or anode sides of the system. A prototype integrated PV-EC system based on silicon multijunction solar cells can yield solar-to-hydrogen efficiencies (STH) of 9.5%.
The paths of device upscaling beyond laboratory size and the influence of varied illumination conditions close to obtained outdoor will also be discussed. This includes the effects of spectral quality, intensity and incident angle on the performance of both photovoltaic cells and PV-EC devices.
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