Giant Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Vinylene-Linked Hybrid Heterocyclic Polymer
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00374
Abstract: The bulk photovoltaic effect refers to the generation of a steady photocurrent from a homogeneous noncentrosymmetric material. It offers an alternative to the traditional p–n junction-based photovoltaic mechanism to directly convert sunlight to electricity. In… read more here.
Keywords: bulk photovoltaic; polymer; bulk; photovoltaic effect ... See more keywords
Tailoring Bulk Photovoltaic Effects in Magnetic Sliding Ferroelectric Materials.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02802
Abstract: The bulk photovoltaic effect that is intimately associated with crystalline symmetry has been extensively studied in various nonmagnetic materials, especially ferroelectrics with a switchable electric polarization. In order to further engineer the symmetry, one could… read more here.
Keywords: bulk photovoltaic; sliding ferroelectric; photovoltaic effects; magnetic sliding ... See more keywords
Enhanced bulk photovoltaic effect in two-dimensional ferroelectric CuInP2S6
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26200-3
Abstract: The photocurrent generation in photovoltaics relies essentially on the interface of p-n junction or Schottky barrier with the photoelectric efficiency constrained by the Shockley-Queisser limit. The recent progress has shown a promising route to surpass… read more here.
Keywords: photovoltaic effect; dimensional ferroelectric; two dimensional; bulk photovoltaic ... See more keywords
Colossal mid-infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in a type-I Weyl semimetal
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DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0297-4
Abstract: Broadband, efficient and fast conversion of light to electricity is crucial for sensing and clean energy. The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) is a second-order nonlinear optical effect that intrinsically converts light into electrical current. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: photovoltaic effect; effect; topology; weyl semimetal ... See more keywords
Domain and Switching Control of the Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Epitaxial BiFeO3 Thin Films
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50185-1
Abstract: Absence of inversion symmetry is the underlying origin of ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, and the bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect, as a result of which they are inextricably linked. However, till now, only the piezoelectric effects (inverse) have… read more here.
Keywords: switching control; photovoltaic effect; effect; domain switching ... See more keywords
Enhancing the bulk photovoltaic effect by tuning domain walls in epitaxial BiFeO3 films
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac225e
Abstract: In this letter, the role of domain wall (DW) on bulk photovoltaic effect (BPV) effect in BiFeO3 (BFO) films was studied by x-ray reciprocal space mapping and conductive atomic force microscope. It was found that… read more here.
Keywords: photovoltaic effect; bfo; effect; bifeo3 ... See more keywords
Nonequilibrium nature of nonlinear optical response: Application to the bulk photovoltaic effect
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.045201
Abstract: The bulk photovoltaic effect is an example of a nonlinear optical response that leads to a DC current that is relevant for photovoltaic applications. In this paper, we theoretically study this effect in the presence… read more here.
Keywords: response; bulk photovoltaic; photovoltaic effect; nonlinear optical ... See more keywords
Magnetic bulk photovoltaic effect: Strong and weak field
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.107.l201201
Abstract: Shift current and ballistic current have been proposed to explain the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), and there have been experiments designed to separate the two mechanisms. These experiments are based on the assumption that under… read more here.
Keywords: bulk photovoltaic; effect; shift current; magnetic field ... See more keywords
Phonon Influence on Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in the Ferroelectric Semiconductor GeTe.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.017402
Abstract: The shift current (SHC) has been accepted as the primary mechanism of the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) in ferroelectrics, which is much different from the typical p-n junction-based photovoltaic mechanism in heterogeneous materials. In the… read more here.
Keywords: response; photovoltaic effect; semiconductor gete; bulk photovoltaic ... See more keywords
Jerk Current: A Novel Bulk Photovoltaic Effect.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.176604
Abstract: We investigate a physical divergence of the third order polarization susceptibility representing a photoinduced current in biased crystalline insulators. This current grows quadratically with illumination time in the absence of momentum relaxation and saturation; we… read more here.
Keywords: novel bulk; photovoltaic effect; current novel; jerk current ... See more keywords
Bulk Photovoltaic Effect Driven by Collective Excitations in a Correlated Insulator.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.127402
Abstract: We investigate the bulk photovoltaic effect, which rectifies light into electric current, in a collective quantum state with correlation driven electronic ferroelectricity. We show via explicit real-time dynamical calculations that the effect of the applied… read more here.
Keywords: bulk photovoltaic; photovoltaic effect; insulator; effect ... See more keywords