Nanostructured TiO/sub 2/ for solar energy conversion

Author

Duta, A. ; Visa, I. ; Manolache, S. ; Enesca, A. ; Andronic, L. ; Calin, G.R.

Author_Institution

The Centre for Sustainable Energy, Transilvania Univ. of Brasov

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

5-5 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

267

Abstract

Wide band gap semiconductors are efficient in photo-electrochemical cells included in solar energy conversion systems: photovoltaic cell, photo-catalysts for hydrogen production via water splitting or for pollutants degradation; nanostructured TiO₂ (anatase) can be used in all of these applications, with a careful control of the properties; the challenge is to identify a technique, reliable and up-scalable that allows tailoring anatase according to the requirements; the paper presents the results in obtaining TiO₂ with various morphologies by using spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) and discusses upon the performances of a virtual prototype for a laboratory automatic SPD installation

Keywords

catalysis; hydrogen economy; nanostructured materials; photochemistry; pyrolysis; solar cells; spray coatings; titanium compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; TiO₂; hydrogen production; nanostructured anatase; photocatalysts; photoelectrochemical cells; photovoltaic cell; pollutant degradation; solar energy conversion; spray pyrolysis deposition; water splitting; wide band gap semiconductors; Control systems; Degradation; Hydrogen; Morphology; Photovoltaic cells; Production systems; Semiconductor device reliability; Solar energy; Water pollution; Wide band gap semiconductors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 2005. CAS 2005 Proceedings. 2005 International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9214-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2005.1558775

Filename

1558775