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Title: Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in polar materials—hybrid and oxide perovskites and beyond

Abstract

Here, the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) refers to the generation of a steady photocurrent and above-bandgap photovoltage in a single-phase homogeneous material lacking inversion symmetry. The mechanism of BPVE is decidedly different from the typical p–n junction-based photovoltaic mechanism in heterogeneous materials. Recently, there has been renewed interest in ferroelectric materials for solar energy conversion, inspired by the discovery of above-bandgap photovoltages in ferroelectrics, the invention of low bandgap ferroelectric materials and the rapidly improving power conversion efficiency of metal halide perovskites. However, as long as the nature of the BPVE and its dependence on composition and structure remain poorly understood, materials engineering and the realisation of its true potential will be hampered. In this review article, we survey the history, development and recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of BPVE, with a focus on the shift current mechanism, an intrinsic BPVE that is universal to all materials lacking inversion symmetry. In addition to explaining the theory of shift current, materials design opportunities and challenges will be discussed for future applications of the BPVE.

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ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  2. United States Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (United States)
  3. Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington, D.C. (United States)
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Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
OSTI Identifier:
1434900
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-07ER46431
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
npj Computational Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2057-3960
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Electronic properties and materials; Electronic structure; Nonlinear optics; Solar cells

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Tan, Liang Z., Zheng, Fan, Young, Steve M., Wang, Fenggong, Liu, Shi, and Rappe, Andrew M. Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in polar materials—hybrid and oxide perovskites and beyond. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/npjcompumats.2016.26.
Tan, Liang Z., Zheng, Fan, Young, Steve M., Wang, Fenggong, Liu, Shi, & Rappe, Andrew M. Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in polar materials—hybrid and oxide perovskites and beyond. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2016.26
Tan, Liang Z., Zheng, Fan, Young, Steve M., Wang, Fenggong, Liu, Shi, and Rappe, Andrew M. Fri . "Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in polar materials—hybrid and oxide perovskites and beyond". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2016.26. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1434900.
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title = {Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect in polar materials—hybrid and oxide perovskites and beyond},
author = {Tan, Liang Z. and Zheng, Fan and Young, Steve M. and Wang, Fenggong and Liu, Shi and Rappe, Andrew M.},
abstractNote = {Here, the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) refers to the generation of a steady photocurrent and above-bandgap photovoltage in a single-phase homogeneous material lacking inversion symmetry. The mechanism of BPVE is decidedly different from the typical p–n junction-based photovoltaic mechanism in heterogeneous materials. Recently, there has been renewed interest in ferroelectric materials for solar energy conversion, inspired by the discovery of above-bandgap photovoltages in ferroelectrics, the invention of low bandgap ferroelectric materials and the rapidly improving power conversion efficiency of metal halide perovskites. However, as long as the nature of the BPVE and its dependence on composition and structure remain poorly understood, materials engineering and the realisation of its true potential will be hampered. In this review article, we survey the history, development and recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of BPVE, with a focus on the shift current mechanism, an intrinsic BPVE that is universal to all materials lacking inversion symmetry. In addition to explaining the theory of shift current, materials design opportunities and challenges will be discussed for future applications of the BPVE.},
doi = {10.1038/npjcompumats.2016.26},
journal = {npj Computational Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Aug 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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  • Zhang, Han-Yue; Wei, Zhenhong; Li, Peng-Fei
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709588

Wannier90 as a community code: new features and applications
text, January 2020


Orbital controlled band gap engineering of tetragonal BiFeO 3 for optoelectronic applications
journal, January 2018

  • Qiao, L.; Zhang, S.; Xiao, H. Y.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7tc04160h

Terahertz surface and interface emission spectroscopy for advanced materials
journal, February 2019

  • Huang, Yuanyuan; Yao, Zehan; He, Chuan
  • Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 31, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab00c0

Wannier90 as a community code: New features and applications
text, January 2020


Spatio-temporal dynamics of shift current quantum pumping by femtosecond light pulse
text, January 2018


Ab initio calculation of the shift photocurrent by Wannier interpolation
text, January 2018


Giant photovoltaic response in band engineered ferroelectric perovskite
journal, May 2018