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PEC water-splitting realistic limiting efficiency, Earth-abundant materials (Fountaine Real2)

The maxima of the Earth-abundant-materials model case of Fountaine, Lewerenz & Atwater — 'realistic limiting efficiencies', a benchmark listed on a route and never decisive.

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η_max 5.4 % single junction (E_g 2.53 eV) and 16.2 % dual junction (1.93 / 1.38 eV) for absorption fraction 0.9, external radiative efficiency 10⁻⁶, catalytic exchange current densities {1, 10⁻⁵} mA cm⁻², normalised series resistivity 0.1 and shunt resistivity 10

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Photoelectrochemical effect—governed by→PEC water-splitting realistic limiting efficiency, Earth-abundant materials (Fountaine Real2)reported

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Katherine T. Fountaine, Hans Joachim Lewerenz, Harry A. Atwater. Efficiency limits for photoelectrochemical water-splitting (2016)
Nature Communications 7, 13706 (open access) · doi:10.1038/ncomms13706 · record

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