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Improving solar control of magnetism in ternary organic photovoltaic system with enhanced photo-induced electrons doping

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The growing demand for storage space has promoted in-depth research on magnetic performance regulation in an energy-saving way. Recently, we developed a solar control of magnetism, allowing the magnetic moment to be manipulated by sunlight instead of the magnetic field, current, or laser. Here, binary and ternary photoactive systems with different photon-to-electron conversions are proposed. The photovoltaic/magnetic heterostructures with a ternary system induce larger magnetic changes due to higher short current density (JSC) (20.92 mA·cm−2) compared with the binary system (11.94 mA·cm−2). During the sunlight illumination, ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) shift increases by 80% (from 169.52 to 305.48 Oe) attributed to enhanced photo-induced electrons doping, and the variation of saturation magnetization (MS) is also amplified by 14% (from 9.9% to 11.3%). Furthermore, photovoltaic performance analysis and the transient absorption (TA) spectra indicate that the current density plays a major role in visible light manipulating magnetism. These findings clarify the laws of sunlight control of magnetism and lay the foundation for the next generation solar-driven magneto-optical memory applications.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2019YFA0307900 and 2018YFB0407601), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 91964109, 11534015, 51802248, 11804266, and 62001366), the National 111 Project of China (No. B14040), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. xjh012019042), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. 2018M643636). The authors acknowledge the support from the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technologies. Z. Y. Z. and M. L. were supported by the China Recruitment Program of Global Youth Experts.

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  1. Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Yujing Du, Yifan Zhao, Ziyao Zhou & Ming Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Shiping Wang & Shengye Jin

  3. Center for Spintronics and Quantum Systems, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Lei Wang & Tai Min

  4. State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of High-End Manufacturing Equipment, the International Joint Laboratory for Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Measurement Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

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Du, Y., Wang, S., Wang, L. et al. Improving solar control of magnetism in ternary organic photovoltaic system with enhanced photo-induced electrons doping. Nano Res. 15, 2626–2633 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-3841-x

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