Abstract
THE conversion of visible light to electricity using semiconductors as light absorbers has beenan important area of research for many years. In the 1970s, highly efficient photovoltaiccells based on silicon were developed (the light-to-electrical conversion efficiency≥25%),which provides energy to aircrafts. Then semiconductor liquid-junction photoelectrochemicalcell started to be investigated. Generally speaking, highly efficient liquid-junction photoelec-trochemical solar cells can be obtained by using semiconductors such as Si, GaAs and WSe.(band gap≈(1.3±0.3) eV). Conversion efficiencies over 15% have been acquired on solarcells consisting of single crystals of Si or GaAs. But the serious photocorrosion and high price
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