Enhanced photovoltaic effect in BiVO4 semiconductor by incorporation with an ultrathin BiFeO3 ferroelectric layer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6925-6929

  Dong, Wen ^a   Guo, Yiping ^a   Guo, Bing ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Liu, Hezhou ^a   Joel, Thia Weikang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ferroic; photovoltaic devices; solar cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL FERROELECTRIC; FERROELECTRIC LAYERS; FERROICS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SELF POLARIZATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; ULTRATHIN FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 84882805264     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4004182     Document Type: Article

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