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Spectral Response of Photoelectrochemical Cells Based on Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

M. C. Rossi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Third University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
R. Vincenzoni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Third University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
F. Galluzzi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Third University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
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Abstract

Wide band-gap semiconductors such as TiO2, CdSe and CdS, forming the working electrode in photoelectrochemical cells, show quite different spectral responses depending on semiconductor morphology. On the basis of a theoretical model, which takes into account the collection of both majority and minority carriers, spectral responses have been simulated and compared with experimental data for both nanocrystalline and polycrystalline materials.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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