Above-bandgap voltages from ferroelectric photovoltaic devices

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Yang, S Y ^a   Seidel, J ^b,c   Byrnes, S J ^b,c   Shafer, P ^a   Yang, C H ^c   Rossell, M D ^b   Yu, P ^c   Chu, Y H ^d   Scott, J F ^e   Ager, J W ^b   Martin, L W ^b   Ramesh, R ^a,b,c  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 76649119087     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.451     Document Type: Article

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