Comprehensive Study on Piezo-Phototronic Effect: Way Forward for Ferrite Based Solar Cells
Ritesh Verma, Ankush Chauhan, Rajesh Kumar
The wurtzite structured materials possess the inner-crystal piezopotential which comprehensively tune or control the charge carrier generation, separation, transportation, and recombination in optoelectronic devices. The piezo-phototronic effect provides a new working principle to the current traditional devices. Its effect on solar cells progresses made by the eminent scientists, and researchers in the field of piezo-phototronic modulated solar cells such as semiconductor-based, perovskite-based, multiple quantum-well (MQW) based and core/shell based. It has been described that the piezo-phototronic effect has improved the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the solar cells, and the effect of temperature on the piezo-phototronic devices. Ferrite-based materials have emerged as a viable candidate for use in solar cells. As a result of this research, ferrite-based nanomaterials can now be used in solar cell applications, as well as the piezophototronic effect on these materials can be investigated. The piezo-phototronic effect is a novel subject that offers a new platform for material science and electronics to investigate.
Keywords
Wurtzite, Piezopotential, Piezo-Phototronic Effect, Multiple Quantum-Well, Power Conversion Efficiency
Published online , 32 pages
Citation: Ritesh Verma, Ankush Chauhan, Rajesh Kumar, Comprehensive Study on Piezo-Phototronic Effect: Way Forward for Ferrite Based Solar Cells, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 112, pp 279-310, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901595-8
Part of the book on Ferrite
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