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Sustainable Energy Technologies pp 121–142Cite as

Photo-Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen

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The direct conversion of solar energy into hydrogen represents an attractive but challenging alternative for photovoltaic solar cells. Several metal oxide semiconductors are able to split water into hydrogen and oxygen upon illumination, but the efficiencies are still quite low. The operating principles of the photoelectrochemical device, the materials requirements, main bottlenecks, and the various device concepts will be discussed, and some promising directions for future research will be indicated.

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Van de Krol, R., Schoonman, J. (2008). Photo-Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen. In: Hanjalić, K., Van de Krol, R., Lekić, A. (eds) Sustainable Energy Technologies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6724-2_6

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