Passivating Window and Capping Layer for Photoelectrochemical Cells

Todd Deutsch; Myles Steiner; Daniel Friedman; James Young; Ryan France; John Turner; Henning Doscher

Passivating Window and Capping Layer for Photoelectrochemical Cells

Todd Deutsch (Inventor), Myles Steiner (Inventor), Daniel Friedman (Inventor), James Young (Inventor), Ryan France (Inventor), John Turner (Inventor), Henning Doscher (Inventor)

Chemistry and Nanoscience

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Research output: Patent

Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure is a photoelectrochemical device that includes a first cell that includes a first semiconductor alloy, a capping layer that includes a second semiconductor alloy, and a passivating layer that includes a third semiconductor alloy, where the passivating layer is positioned between the first cell and the capping layer, and at least a portion of the capping layer is configured to be in direct contact with an electrolyte.

Original language	American English
Patent number	10,927,466 B2
Filing date	23/02/21
State	Published - 2021

NREL Publication Number

NREL/PT-5900-79283

Other Report Number

U.S. Patent No. 10,927,466 B2

Keywords

capping layer
passivating layer
photoelectrochemical device
semiconductor alloy
solar-to-hydrogen

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