Improving the efficiency of charge separation (CS) and charge transport (CT) is essential for
almost all optoelectronic applications, yet its maximization remains a big challenge. Here we …

Polarization in a semiconductor can modulate the band bending via the depolarization
electric field (E dP), subsequently tuning the charge separation and transfer (CST) process …

Ferroelectric Bi Fe O 3 is promising for photovoltaic applications, especially in regard to the
exploitation of ferroelectric photovoltaic effects for charge separation. However, its large …

Ferroelectrics hold promise for sensors, transducers, and telecommunications. With the
demand of electronic devices scaling down, they take the form of nanoscale films. However …

Multiferroic BiFeO3 (BFO) films with spontaneously formed periodic stripe domains can
generate above-gap open circuit voltages under visible light illumination; nevertheless the …

Solar–fuel conversion depends on effective collection of photocarriers in the photoelectrode.
In practice, however, considerable photocarriers are lost in the bulk through recombination …

Despite their potential to exceed the theoretical Shockley− Queisser limit, ferroelectric
photovoltaics (FPVs) have performed inefficiently due to their extremely low photocurrents …

Due to the unusual charge separation mechanism and anomalous photovoltaic effects, the
bulk photovoltage effect in ferroelectric semiconductors has attracted a great deal of …

Ferroelectric materials with spontaneous polarization‐induced internal electric fields have
drawn increasing attention in solar fuel production due to the intrinsic polarized structure …

A bulk material without inversion symmetry can generate a direct current under illumination.
This interface-free current generation mechanism, referred to as the bulk photovoltaic effect …