The influence of the flexoelectric effect on materials properties with the emphasis on photovoltaic and related applications: A review

RA Surmenev, MA Surmeneva - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The research community is in permanent search of novel materials and exploitation of
already elaborated phenomena to reveal yet unknown materials characteristics …

Synergetic behavior in 2D layered material/complex oxide heterostructures

KT Kang, J Park, D Suh, WS Choi - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The marriage between a 2D layered material (2DLM) and a complex transition metal oxide
(TMO) results in a variety of physical and chemical phenomena that cannot be achieved in …

Gap-state engineering of visible-light-active ferroelectrics for photovoltaic applications

H Matsuo, Y Noguchi, M Miyayama - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Photoferroelectrics offer unique opportunities to explore light energy conversion based on
their polarization-driven carrier separation and above-bandgap voltages. The problem …

Domain-engineered BiFeO3 thin-film photoanodes for highly enhanced ferroelectric solar water splitting

J Song, TL Kim, J Lee, SY Cho, J Cha, SY Jeong, H An… - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
In photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting, charge separation and collection by the
electric field in the photoactive material are the most important factors for improved …

Bandgap tuning in samarium-modified bismuth titanate by site engineering using iron and cobalt co-doping for photovoltaic application

MS Alkathy, FL Zabotto, FP Milton, JA Eiras - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiferroic materials have faced great interest for solar energy conversion applications due
to the charge separation caused by the effective ferroelectric polarization and the …

Ferroelectric, Optical, and Photovoltaic Properties of Morphotropic Phase Boundary Compositions in the PbTiO3–BiFeO3–Bi(Ni1/2Ti1/2)O3 System

L Wu, A Podpirka, JE Spanier, PK Davies - Chemistry of Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ferroelectrics can exhibit the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), which enables a switchable
photoresponse and above-band-gap open-circuit voltages (V oc). For these systems a large …

Multifunctional brownmillerite KBiFe2O5: Structural, magneto-dielectric, optical, photoelectrochemical studies and enhanced photocatalytic activity over perovskite …

DS Vavilapalli, AA Melvin, S Kavita, AK Yadav… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Brownmillerite KBiFe 2 O 5 (KBFO) absorbs large part of the solar spectrum due to
its smaller bandgap. This optical response has immense potential in photocatalytic …

Successive redox-mediated visible-light ferrophotovoltaics

Y Noguchi, Y Taniguchi, R Inoue… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Titanium oxide materials have multiple functions such as photocatalytic and photovoltaic
effects. Ferroelectrics provide access to light energy conversion that delivers above …

Bandgap narrowing and polarization enhancement in (K,Na,Li)(Nb,Sb,Ta)O3+x% Fe2O3 lead-free ceramics for photovoltaic applications.

J Chen, J Mao, Z Wang, Y Dong, J Guo… - Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
The need for ferroelectric materials with both narrow bandgaps (Eg) and large remanent
polarization (Pr) remains a key challenge to the development of high-efficiency ferroelectric …

Phonon influence on bulk photovoltaic effect in the ferroelectric semiconductor GeTe

SJ Gong, F Zheng, AM Rappe - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
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 pn …