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Meng, Andrew Chengsi (2013) Device Architecture for Improved Redox Couple Mass Transport in Silicon Microwire Photoelectrodes and Electrical Contacts to Silicon Microwire Photovoltaics. Senior thesis (Major), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/0BJF-R697. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02132018-132349208
Abstract
Applications of silicon microwires to solar energy conversion are investigated in this thesis, which is divided into two chapters. In the first chapter, silicon microwires are investigated as photoelectrodes in photoelectrochemical cells. The mass transport limitations of redox couple is studied in these liquid junction solar cells, and a device architecture proposed and successfully demonstrated to improve device performance. This work was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and is reproduced in chapter one (32). In the second chapter, the device architecture developed to improve redox couple mass transport in liquid junction solar cells is explored as a possible method to make electrical contacts to silicon microwire photovoltaics.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Senior thesis (Major)) | ||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Physics and Chemistry | ||||
| Degree Grantor: | California Institute of Technology | ||||
| Division: | Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy | ||||
| Major Option: | Chemistry Physics | ||||
| Thesis Availability: | Withheld | ||||
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| Defense Date: | 7 May 2013 | ||||
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| Record Number: | CaltechTHESIS:02132018-132349208 | ||||
| Persistent URL: | https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:02132018-132349208 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.7907/0BJF-R697 | ||||
| Default Usage Policy: | No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided. | ||||
| ID Code: | 10715 | ||||
| Collection: | CaltechTHESIS | ||||
| Deposited By: | Joy Painter | ||||
| Deposited On: | 14 Feb 2018 00:43 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2019 00:19 |
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