Print Email Facebook Twitter Photovoltaic-(photo)electrochemical devices for water splitting and water treatment Title Photovoltaic-(photo)electrochemical devices for water splitting and water treatment Author Perez Rodriguez, P. (TU Delft Photovoltaic Materials and Devices) Contributor Zeman, M. (promotor) Smets, A.H.M. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2018-09-07 Abstract The current energy scenario requires not only the conversion of renewable energy sources into electrical energy, but also a way to store it to match the demand and supply. In particular, solar energy can be used to stabilize energy conversion and energy supply by converting the energy in other diverse ways. And important possibility are photo electrochemical (PEC) reactions for water splitting and water treatment. To be able to directly drive these kind of reactions using solar energy, the interactions between the different elements must be studied in detail. In particular, the semiconductor/electrolyte interface seems to play a very important role in these kinds of devices. Moreover, each of these reactions needs specific conditions in terms of current and voltage, and thus specific semiconductor device architectures would be needed. In these two cases, both a study of the reaction, focusing on the semiconductor/ electrolyte interface, and a device optimization was performed. To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:339df29d-8658-4ff7-a124-84f1cd6043ad ISBN 978-94-6366-061-7 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2018 P. Perez Rodriguez Files PDF PhD_thesis_Paula_Perez_Ro ... riguez.pdf 8.42 MB PDF Propositions_Paula_Perez_ ... riguez.pdf 159.52 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:339df29d-8658-4ff7-a124-84f1cd6043ad/datastream/OBJ1/view