CHARACTERIZATION OF SCREEN-PRINTED TI CDS AND TI/CDSE PHOTOELECTRODESFOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION/

Authors report preparation and characterization of CdSe/Ti and CdS/Ti photoelectrodes for their application in photoelectrochemical hydrogen production using a semiconductor septum solar cell configuration. The septum electrodes were characterized structurally, optoelectronically and photoelectrochemically for their use in septum solar cells for hy drogen production. Both these septum electrodes exhibited high photose nsitive current in the solid-state and the photoelectrochemical solar cell configuration. The j-E (current density-potential) characteristic s of the semiconductors in the photoelectrochemical cell configuration indicated promising photo-chemical energy conversion current (photocu rrent). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.