Comparison of the Performance of CoP-Coated and Pt-Coated Radial Junction n+p-Silicon Microwire-Array Photocathodes for the Sunlight-Driven Reduction of Water to H?(g)

By Roske, Christopher W.; Popczun, Eric J.; Seger, Brian; Read, Carlos G.; Pedersen, Thomas; Hansen, Ole; Vesborg, Peter C. K.; Brunschwig, Bruce S.; Schaak, Raymond E.; Chorkendorff, Ib; Gray, Harry B. & Lewis, Nathan S.
Published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters NULL 2015

Abstract

The electrocatalytic performance for hydrogen evolution has been evaluated for radial-junction n+p-Si microwire (MW) arrays with Pt or cobalt phosphide, CoP, nanoparticulate catalysts in contact with 0.50 M H?SO?(aq). The CoP-coated (2.0 mg cm-2) n+p-Si MW photocathodes were stable for over 12 h of continuous operation and produced an open-circuit photovoltage (Voc) of 0.48 V, a light-limited photocurrent density (Jph) of 17 mA cm-2, a fill factor (ff) of 0.24, and an ideal regenerative cell efficiency (nIRC) of 1.9% under simulated 1 Sun ill

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