Bulletin of Materials Science

, Volume 10, Issue 4, pp 283–289 | Cite as

Recent trends in photoelectrochemical cells

  • G V Subba Rao
Special Issue On Energy Resources Through Photoelectrochemical Routes

Abstract

A brief survey is presented of the recent developments and emerging trends in research in photoelectrochemical cell for solar energy conversion utilizing semiconductor electrodes.

Keywords

Photoelectrochemical cell semiconductor electrodes 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • G V Subba Rao
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  1. 1.Materials Science Research CentreIndian Institute of TechnologyMadrasIndia

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