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Photovoltaic properties of lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics in a layered film structure design

  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Tokyo Denki University

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Abstract

This paper reports on the formation of a new layered film structure and the highly improved photovoltaic output of the lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) employed. The new structure design is described using a top transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode. The PLZT film structure exhibited V and mA output. This means that the photovoltaic current of the PLZT film per unit width was more than 102 times larger than that of bulk PLZT, while the photovoltaic voltage per unit thickness in the layered film structure was almost the same as that in bulk ceramics and single crystal. These differences are due to the characteristics of the film structure and configuration of the electrode. PLZT film also has the advantage of its easily controllable parameters: film thickness, illuminated area, and illumination intensity. A simple model is used for the phenomenological explanation of the improved photovoltaic effect of the PLZT film.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1831-1834
Number of pages4
JournalCeramics International
Volume30
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Asian Meeting on Electroceramics - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 7 Dec 200311 Dec 2003

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • D. PLZT
  • Layered film structure
  • MEMS
  • Perovskite structure
  • Photovoltaic effect
  • Transducers

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