Abstract
AbstractTitanium oxide materials have multiple functions such as photocatalytic and photovoltaic effects. Ferroelectrics provide access to light energy conversion that delivers above-bandgap voltages arising from spatial inversion symmetry breaking, whereas their wide bandgap leads to poor absorption of visible light. Bandgap narrowing offers a potential solution, but this material modification suppresses spontaneous polarization and, hence, sacrifices photovoltages. Here, we report successive-redox mediated ferrophotovoltaics that exhibit a robust visible-light response. Our single-crystal experiments and ab initio calculations, along with photo-luminescence analysis, demonstrate that divalent Fe2+ and trivalent Fe3+ coexisted in a prototypical ferroelectric barium titanate BaTiO3 introduce donor and acceptor levels, respectively, and that two sequential Fe3+/Fe2+ redox reactions enhance the photogenerated power not only under visible light but also at photon energies greater than the bandgap. Our approach opens a promising route to the visible-light activation of photovoltaics and, potentially, of photocatalysts.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Chemistry
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25 articles.
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