Persistent photoconductivity in strained epitaxial BiFeO3 thin Films

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5224-5228

  Bhatnagar, Akash ^a   Kim, Young Heon ^b   Hesse, Dietrich ^a   Alexe, Marin ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BiFeO3; enhanced conductivity; persistent photoconductivity; strain; thermally stimulated current

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; STRAIN;

BIFEO3; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SUBBANDS; THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84914168993     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502183j     Document Type: Article

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