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The wide band gap of complex oxides is one of the major obstacles limiting their use in photovoltaic cells. To tune the bandgap of complex oxides, nano-sized bismuth titanate-based powders were synthesized by conventional solid reaction method. X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed that all powders were crystallized in an orthorhombic structure. The photoluminescence signal shows that there was no contribution to the optical bandgap from unwanted oxygen vacancy. The UV-vis absorption spectra of LaCo-BiT powder showed that the optical bandgap drastically decreased from 3.1eV to 2.5eV, while those of of BiT and La-BiT showed change in the optical bandgap. From these observations, we could experimentally confirm that cobalt atoms were responsible for the modification of the electronic structure in BiT-based oxides. This approach to controlling the bandgap could be applied to other complex oxides materials, such as other types of Aurivillius phase materials for use in emerging oxide optoelectronic and energy applications.
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Bark, C.W. Structural and optical properties of bandgap engineered bismuth titanate by cobalt doping. Met. Mater. Int. 19, 1361–1364 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-013-0641-1
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