Optical modeling of an efficient water splitting device based on bismuth vanadate photoanode and micromorph silicon solar cells

Lihao Han; Fatwa F. Abdi; Roel Van De Krol; Bernard Dam; Miro Zeman; Arno H.M. Smets

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925589

Optical modeling of an efficient water splitting device based on bismuth vanadate photoanode and micromorph silicon solar cells

Lihao Han, Fatwa F. Abdi, Roel Van De Krol, Bernard Dam, Miro Zeman, Arno H.M. Smets

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We demonstrate a photoelectrochemical/photovoltaic (PEC/PV) device based on a combined configuration with a bismuth vanadate (BiVO₄) photoanode in the front and a thin film solar cell as power source in the rear. An optical model of this PEC/PV configuration is built by our in-house developed Advance Semiconductor Analysis (ASA) software. Micromorph (a-Si:H/nc-Si:H) cells are investigated in the optical model in reference to the photoanode filtered solar spectrum. The optimum micromorph cell with 400 nm a-Si:H i-layer is confirmed to have the best performance when combined with BiVO₄ photoanode. A solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 5.2%, the highest conversion efficiency of metal oxide materials ever reported is achieved. © 2014 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	3083-3086
ISBN (Print)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925589
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Place	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

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solar hydrogen production
spectrum utilization

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Han, L, Abdi, FF, Van De Krol, R, Dam, B, Zeman, M & Smets, AHM 2014, Optical modeling of an efficient water splitting device based on bismuth vanadate photoanode and micromorph silicon solar cells. in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014., 6925589, IEEE, pp. 3083-3086, 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States, 8/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925589

Optical modeling of an efficient water splitting device based on bismuth vanadate photoanode and micromorph silicon solar cells. / Han, Lihao; Abdi, Fatwa F.; Van De Krol, Roel et al.
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