“The new ferroelectric material – which is grown in the lab from cesium germanium tribromide (CsGeBr 3 or CGB) – opens the door to an easier approach to making solar cell devices,” they said.

By increasing the photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals, the new material could significantly increase the efficiency of solar panels. This would not only make solar energy more cost ...

Ferroelectric materials attracted the interest of the scientific community working on solar PV in recent years as they have unique piezoelectric and optoelectronic properties. Ferroelectric PV has ...

Scientists have developed a hybrid material that switches between conducting and insulating states while maintaining ...

This is an artist's concept of optically-generated non-thermalized electrons and their collection in a ferroelectric crystal. An intense screening field results in impact ionization, enabling an ...

The bulk photovoltaic (BPV ... a quantum efficiency several orders of magnitude higher than other ferroelectric materials, ...

These PZT elements are used as ferroelectric capacitors, i.e. the ferroelectric material is the dielectric between the two plates, with a positive voltage storing a ‘1’, and vice-versa.

It represents how many times a typical photovoltaic plant ... as wurtzite CdS and CdSe or similar materials that are pyro- and piezoelectric. Some ferroelectric nanoparticles may also be suitable.

The schematic structure of 2D BPVE device. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use ...