Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Design principles for shift current photovoltaics

  • Ashley M. Cook,
  • Benjamin M. Fregoso,
  • Fernando de Juan,
  • Sinisa Coh,
  • Joel E. Moore

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14176
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Above band-gap photovoltage could be achieved in materials with a net polarization. Here, Cooket al. compute the contribution to the shift current from the band edge and identify two classes of shift current photovoltaics materials, GeS and ferroelectric polymer films.