Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2005. CAS 2005 Proceedings. 2005 International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9214-0
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2005.1558775
