Substantial bulk photovoltaic effect enhancement via nanolayering

Fenggong Wang; Steve M. Young; Fan Zheng; Ilya Grinberg; Andrew M. Rappe

doi:10.1038/ncomms10419

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Substantial bulk photovoltaic effect enhancement via nanolayering

Fenggong Wang,
Steve M. Young,
Fan Zheng,
Ilya Grinberg,
Andrew M. Rappe

Affiliations

Fenggong Wang: Department of Chemistry, The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania
Steve M. Young: Center for Computational Materials Science, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
Fan Zheng: Department of Chemistry, The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania
Ilya Grinberg: Department of Chemistry, The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania
Andrew M. Rappe: Department of Chemistry, The Makineni Theoretical Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10419
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

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Spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric materials leads to their use as photovoltaic devices. Here, the authors show by first-principles calculations how nanolayering of PbTiO3with nickel ions and oxygen vacancies can result in enhanced photocurrents due to smaller bandgaps and photocurrent alignment.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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