Highly Stable Molybdenum Disulfide Protected Silicon Photocathodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1863
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1021/acsami.7b10749
- Title of journal
- ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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- First page
- 36792
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 42
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Open access status
- Deposit exception
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/624300
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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D - Surface Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The benefits of hydrogen as, e.g., a fuel in transportation, would increase greatly if it could be produced at scale by a green process with no carbon by-products, such as photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, this is currently limited by the low efficiency and poor corrosion resistance of the available electrodes. This project studied the increased resistance to corrosion which can be gained by using a thin surface film of molybdenum disulphide on a silicon photocathode to protect the electrode surface for more than 100 hours. This work led to collaborations with NREL and LBL National Labs (DE-FOA-0001647).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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