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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 104, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4871105
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- NSF [DRM-1206652]
- Whitacre Endowed Chairs by the AT T Foundation
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [1206652] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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InGaN alloys are very promising for solar water splitting because they have direct bandgaps that cover almost the whole solar spectrum. The demonstration of direct solar-to-fuel conversion without external bias with the sunlight being the only energy input would pave the way for realizing photoelectrochemical (PEC) production of hydrogen by using InGaN. A monolithic solar-PEC cell based on InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells capable to directly generate hydrogen gas under zero bias via solar water splitting is reported. Under the irradiation by a simulated sunlight (1-sun with 100 mW/cm(2)), a 1.5% solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency has been achieved under zero bias, setting a fresh benchmark of employing III-nitrides for artificial photosynthesis. Time dependent hydrogen gas production photocurrent measured over a prolonged period (measured for 7 days) revealed an excellent chemical stability of InGaN in aqueous solution of hydrobromic acid. The results provide insights into the architecture design of using InGaN for artificial photosynthesis to provide usable clean fuel (hydrogen gas) with the sunlight being the only energy input. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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