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Silicon is by far the most commercialized semiconductor in solar energy applications. However, the application of silicon in severe conditions (i.e., gas generation, acidic conditions, high I-V, etc.) generates an oxide layer on the surface which impedes further use. This work developed and optimized a protection/Co-catalyst layer for photocatalytic hydrogen generation reaction (HER).
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The first report of CoTe2 catalytic properties for HER is shown in this work.
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This page is a summary of: A heteroelectrode structure for solar water splitting: integrated cobalt ditelluride across a TiO2-passivated silicon microwire array, Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c6cy02688e.
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