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Discovery and Development of Semiconductors and Structures for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion

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For the past several decades semiconductor structures have been under intense research and development in laboratories worldwide for applications in solar energy conversion. Beyond their utilization in commercial photovoltaic systems, their capability of producing storable chemical fuels from sunlight is viewed as a next key step in their technological evolution. An intense push is thus currently underway for the discovery of semiconductors that function at high solar-to-chemical efficiencies and stabilities when in contact with an aqueous solution, for example, water. This, however, presents an inherently more formidable and complex set of optoelectronic and chemical requirements. Briefly set forth are foundational relationships between the crystalline and electronic structures of semiconductors and the requisite properties for optimal photoelectrochemical performance. Recent discoveries in a wide range of semiconductor systems and their status of current development are described, with many promising candidates emerging, including in the oxides, chalcogenides, nitrides, and the covalent group-IV and III-V semiconductors. Yet, each semiconductor exhibits key problems that must be unlocked using innovative approaches founded in further advances in fundamental research.

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Maggard, P.A. (2022). Discovery and Development of Semiconductors and Structures for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion. In: Bahnemann, D., Patrocinio, A.O.T. (eds) Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63713-2_28

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