Use of porous GaAs electrodes in photoelectrochemical cells

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作者
Cojocaru, A
Simashkevich, A
Sherban, D
Tiginyanu, I [1 ]
Ursaki, V
Tsiulyanu, I
Usatyi, I
机构
[1] Moldavian Acad Sci, Inst Phys Appl, Kishinev 2028, Moldova
[2] State Univ Moldova, Kishinev 2009, Moldova
[3] Tech Univ Moldova, Kishinev 2004, Moldova
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PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE | 2005年 / 202卷 / 08期
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10.1002/pssa.200461223
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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The photoelectrochemical properties of semiconductor-electrolyte solar cells with carbon auxiliary electrode and colloidal aqueous solution of Na2SiO3, have been investigated. Bulk n-type single crystalline and nanoporous GaAs material were used as semiconductor electrodes. Current-voltage characteristics under different illumination intensities and spectral distribution of the photosensitivity were studied. The photopotential was found to reach values as high as 0.46 V for bulk n-GaAs. The introduction of porosity in GaAs shifts the maximum of the spectral distribution of photosensitivity towards the longwavelength region and increases the short circuit current by a factor of two. (c) 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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页码:1678 / 1682
页数:5
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