Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

  • Publication Year: 2018
  • ISBN: 9781773610955
  • Price: $160
  • Publisher: Arcler Press
  • Binding Type: Hardcover

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This book gives an account on the main physical principles governing this process, identifying important barriers and areas of potential improvements. The main strategies applied so far are reviewed, with the most important materials investigated in the field to date. Moreover, some emerging trends such as new more complex materials, nanostructures of such semiconductors, and the application of multijunctions and membranes are reviewed. The fabrication techniques and measuring methods are listed, identifying possible sources of practical challenges. 

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Paula received her Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering in 2011 from the Universidad de Cantabria in Spain, with an exchange program in Oregon State University in 2009-2010. She obtained her M.Sc. in Sustainable energy technology in 2013 in TU Delft (Netherlands). Her M.Sc. thesis in the PVMD group dealt with Photoelectrochemcial devices for solar water splitting. Since May 2014 she is a PhD student working on the development and optimization of the monolithic photovoltaic (PV)/photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices based on earth abundant materials such as silicon and carbon with ground-breaking high solar-to-hydrogen (STH) conversion efficiency for water splitting.