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THE PEC1 has acquired popularity among researchers in the past years, mainly because of its possible use in solar energy conversion2,3. The major problem at present is to find a semiconductor electrode with an optical band gap (written as just band gap below) small enough to allow it to absorb a reasonably large portion of the solar spectrum, and at the same time being stable against photocorrosion. We here report that WO3 meets these criteria although it is not very efficient at solar wavelengths.
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HODES, G., CAHEN, D. & MANASSEN, J. Tungsten trioxide as a photoanode for a photoelectrochemical cell (PEC). Nature 260, 312–313 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/260312a0
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