Conductance and capacitance of bilayer protective oxides for silicon water splitting anodes

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ee02484f
• Publication Date: 2015-11-19T13:01:39Z
• Authors: A. G. Scheuermann; K. W. Kemp; K. Tang; D. Q. Lu; P. F. Satterthwaite; T. Ito; C. E. D. Chidsey; P. C. McIntyre
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy

State-of-the-art silicon water splitting photoelectrochemical cells employ oxide protection layers that exhibit electrical conductance in between that of dielectric insulators and electronic conductors, optimizing both built-in field and conductivity.