%0 Journal Article
%T Black Silicon Photoanodes Entirely Prepared with Abundant Materials by Low-Cost Wet Methods
%J -
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b02229
%X We report a new design for water-splitting photoanodes, based on a highly absorbing black silicon (BSi) substrate modified with catalytic metal nanoparticles (NPs). The overall fabrication strategy is cost-efficient as it only requires the use of abundant materials and simple wet procedures such as electrochemical etching and electrodeposition and does not involve the use of a buried homojunction and protection layer. Importantly, these results demonstrate that electrodeposited transition metal NPs can stabilize structured Si photoelectrodes without the need for a protection layer
%U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaem.8b02229