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Switchable Photovoltaic Effects in Hexagonal Manganite Thin Films Having Narrow Band Gaps
Ferroelectric photovoltaics (FPVs)
are being extensively studied
owing to their anomalously high photovoltages, coupled with reversibly
switchable photocurrents. However, FPVs suffer from their extremely
low photocurrents, which is primarily due to their wide band gaps.
Herein, we present a new class of FPV by demonstrating (i) a nearly
optimum band gap of ∼1.55 eV and (ii) the ferroelectric polarization
switching in the epitaxial
hexagonal manganite thin films, <i>h</i>-RMnO<sub>3</sub>, where R = Lu and Y. According to the thickness-dependent photovoltaic
measurements, the ITO/<i>h</i>-LuMnO<sub>3</sub>/Pt solar
cell shows a power conversion efficiency of ∼0.11% when the
thickness of the <i>h</i>-LuMnO<sub>3</sub> layer is ∼150
nm. We have shown that the PCE is 1–3 orders higher than those
of classical FPVs such as undoped PbÂ(Zr,Ti)ÂO<sub>3</sub> and BiFeO<sub>3</sub> under the standard AM 1.5G illumination. We have further
elucidated that the switchable photovoltaic effect dominates over
the nonferroelectric internal field effect