Tunable photovoltaic effect and solar cell performance of self-doped perovskite SrTiO3

K. X. Jin; Y. F. Li; Z. L. Wang; H. Y. Peng; W. N. Lin; A. K.K. Kyaw; Y. L. Jin; K. J. Jin; X. W. Sun; C. Soci; Tom Wu

doi:10.1063/1.4766279

Tunable photovoltaic effect and solar cell performance of self-doped perovskite SrTiO₃

K. X. Jin, Y. F. Li, Z. L. Wang, H. Y. Peng, W. N. Lin, A. K.K. Kyaw, Y. L. Jin, K. J. Jin, X. W. Sun, C. Soci, Tom Wu^*

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We report on the tunable photovoltaic effect of self-doped single-crystal SrTiO₃ (STO), a prototypical perovskite-structured complex oxide, and evaluate its performance in Schottky junction solar cells. The photovaltaic characteristics of vacuum-reduced STO single crystals are dictated by a thin surface layer with electrons donated by oxygen vacancies. Under UV illumination, a photovoltage of 1.1 V is observed in the as-received STO single crystal, while the sample reduced at 750 °C presents the highest incident photon to carrier conversion efficiency. Furthermore, in the STO/Pt Schottky junction, a power conversion efficiency of 0.88% was achieved under standard AM 1.5 illumination at room temperature. This work establishes STO as a high-mobility photovoltaic semiconductor with potential of integration in self-powered oxide electronics.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	042131
Journal	AIP ADVANCES
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4766279
State	Published - Dec 2012
Externally published	Yes

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