Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in a Ferroelectric Insulator (IMAGE)

Drexel University

Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in a Ferroelectric Insulator

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This is an artist's concept of optically-generated non-thermalized electrons and their collection in a ferroelectric crystal. An intense screening field results in impact ionization, enabling an unexpectedly high conversion efficiency.

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Ella Marushchenko

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