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Adv Mater. 2016 Nov;28(43):9644-9647. doi: 10.1002/adma.201603176. Epub 2016 Sep 15.

Above-Bandgap Photovoltages in Antiferroelectrics.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

Amador Pérez-Tomás, Monica Lira-Cantú, Gustau Catalan

Affiliations

  1. Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
  2. Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, 08010, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 27629252 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603176

Abstract

The first antiferroelectric solar cell is presented. This study shows that antiferroelectric thin-film photovoltaic current can be switched on when biased into the polar phase to generate abovebandgap photovoltages in excess of 100 V and photovoltaic fields of several megavolts per centimeter, the largest ever measured for any material.

© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: above bandgap voltages; antiferroelectrics; photovoltaics

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