Publications by Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

Theoretical maximum photogeneration efficiency and performance characterization of InxGa1-xN/Si tandem water-splitting photoelectrodes

InxGa1-xN is a promising material for flexible and efficient water-splitting photoelectrodes since the bandgap is tunable by modifying the indium content. We investigate the potential of an InxGa1-xN/Si tandem used as a water-splitting photoelectrode. We p ...

2020

Rapid Performance Optimization Method for Photoelectrodes

Sophia Haussener, Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

We report the development of a rapid method for the performance optimization of photoelectrodes. The method requires as an input incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) measurements of a material at two or more wavelengths, an estimation of the comple ...

2019

Majority Charge Carrier Transport in Particle-based Photoelectrodes

Sophia Haussener, Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

The inter-particle charge transfer of particle-based photoelectrodes was investigated using a particle-based LaTiO2N photoelectrode as model system. The thickness-dependent front- to back-side illumination photocurrent ratio was measured and compared to th ...

2019

Material and mesostructural design guidelines for high performing photoelectrodes

Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

The fabrication of particle-based photoelectrodes by coating or dipping procedures-similar to the scaled fabrication of battery electrodes-can be a route to overcome the efficiency-cost tradeoff of photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting devices. Additi ...

EPFL2019

Determination and optimization of material parameters of particle-based LaTiO2N photoelectrodes

Sophia Haussener, Ulrich Aschauer, Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

We developed a validated numerical model capable of predicting the photocurrent-voltage characteristics of oxide and oxynitride particle-based photoelectrodes and identifying the critical parameters affecting the performance of those photoelectrodes. We us ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Linking Morphology and Multi-Physical Transport in Structured Photoelectrodes

Sophia Haussener, Marco Cantoni, Yannick Kenneth Gaudy, Silvan Suter

Semiconductors with complex anisotropic morphologies in solar to chemical energy conversion devices enhance light absorption and overcome limiting charge transport in the solid. However, structuring the solid-liquid interface has also implications on conce ...

2018

Utilizing modeling, experiments, and statistics for the analysis of water-splitting photoelectrodes

Sophia Haussener, Yannick Kenneth Gaudy

A multi-physics model of a planar photoelectrochemical water-splitting device was developed, validated and used to identify and quantify the most significant materials-related bottlenecks in photoelectrochemical device performance. The model accounted for ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016