Photoelectrochemistry of Semiconductors

ISBN-13: 9789814267045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2026 / 650 str.

Anders Hagfeldt

Opis

Includes solar cells employing photoelectric dye molecules to harvest sunlight and convert the photons to charge carriers which produce electricity. This book contains sections of general character such as photochemistry, driving force, electron-transfer kinetics, charge carrier separation, charge transport processes, etcetera.

Spis treści

1. The Need for Solar Energy 2. Radiation Emitted by the Sun 3. Basic Features of Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion 4. Electronic Semiconductor Properties: Carrier Equilibrium 5. Optical Semiconductor Properties 6. Electronic Semiconductor Properties: Carrier Kinetics and Transport 7. Doping of Oxide Semiconductors 8. Interface Equilibrium and Redox Fermi Level 9. Metal–Electrolyte Interface 10. Electrochemical Reactors at Metal Electrodes 11. Electron Transfer Theory in Electrochemistry 12. Introduction to the p-n Photodiode 13. Semiconductor–Electrolyte Junction in the Dark 14. Illuminated Semiconductor–Electrolyte Junction 15. Dye-Sensitised Semiconductor Electrodes and Solar Cells 16. Photoelectrolytic Solar Cells 17. Hybrid Systems Combining Photovoltaic Cells and Either Electrochemical or Photoelectrochemical Cells