Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Solar energy

Ferroelectric photovoltaics

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Photonics

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Ferroelectrics may have a bright future for solar-energy generation, following the report that the domain walls of such materials can be engineered to exhibit a photovoltaic effect with an impressively high voltage output.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: Principles of operation for a conventional solar cell and the ferroelectric alternative.

References

  1. Yang, S. Y. et al. Nature Nanotech. 5, 143–147 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Lines, M. E. & Glass, A. M. Principles and Applications of Ferroelectrics and Related Materials (Clarendon Press, 1977).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Ichiki, M. et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 222903 (2005).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ichiki, M. et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 395–397 (2004).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Pintilie, L., Vrejoiu, I., Le Rhun, G. & Alexe, M. J. Appl. Phys. 101, 064109 (2007).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Choi, T., Lee, S., Choi, Y. J., Kiryukhin, V. & Cheong, S.-W. Science 324, 63–66 (2009).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Sze, S. M. Physics of Semiconductor Devices 2nd edn (John Willey & Sons, 1981).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Meyer, B. & Vanderbilt, D. Phys. Rev. B 65, 104111 (2002).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Seidel, J. et al. Nature Mater. 8, 229–234 (2009).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Garcia, V. et al. Science doi:10.1126/science.1184028 (2010).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Haitao Huang is in the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. aphhuang@polyu.edu.hk,

    Haitao Huang

Authors
  1. Haitao Huang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Huang, H. Ferroelectric photovoltaics. Nature Photon 4, 134–135 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.15

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.15

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation