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Tailoring the photovoltaic effect in (111) oriented BiFeO\(_3\)/LaFeO\(_3\) superlattices

Belhadi, Jamal, yousfi, said, El-Marssi, Mimoun, Arnold, Donna, Bouyanfif, Houssny (2020) Tailoring the photovoltaic effect in (111) oriented BiFeO\(_3\)/LaFeO\(_3\) superlattices. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32 . Article Number 135301. ISSN 0953-8984. (doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ab5e11) (KAR id:79311)

Abstract

Ferroelectric and photovoltaic properties of (BiFeO\(_3\))\(_{(1-x)Λ}\)/(LaFeO\(_3\))\(_{xΛ}\) superlattices grown by pulsed laser deposition have been investigated (Λ being the bilayer thickness). For a high concentration of BiFeO\(_3\) a ferroelectric state is observed simultaneously with a switchable photovoltaic response. In contrast for certain concentration of LaFeO\(_3\) a non-switchable photovoltaic effect is evidenced. Such modulation of the PV response in the superlattices is attributed to the ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition which is controlled with the increase of x. Remarkably, concomitant to this change of PV mechanism, a change of the conduction mechanism also seems to take place from a bulk-limited to an interface-limited

transport as x increases.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab5e11
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Donna Arnold
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2019 12:11 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 03:55 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/79311 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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