The photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals can be increased by a factor of 1,000 if three different materials are arranged periodically in a lattice. This has been revealed in a study by ...

Solar panels use a scientific concept called the photovoltaic effect to turn sunlight into electricity. Here's a deep dive into how it all works. You've probably wondered what kind of magic in ...

And though it has received relatively little attention until recently, the so-called “bulk photovoltaic effect,” might now be the key to revolutionizing our use of solar energy. The Limits of Solar ...

The resulting effect is different from, and potentially superior to, the photovoltaic effect commonly found in solar cells. For the first time, researchers have discovered a way to obtain polarity ...

Scientists in the United States have designed a microwire solar cell that could reportedly enable the coupling of singlet fission with silicon. Key to their achievement was an interface that transfers ...

The bulk photovoltaic (BPV) effect is an uncommon phenomenon that may enable certain materials to outperform the conventional p–n junctions used in solar cells. Researchers from the ...

Discovering the Photovoltaic Effect in a Solid Material To determine whether it was the sun’s heat or its light that affected the selenium, Smith conducted a series of experiments. In one ...

(See: the photovoltaic effect.) This difference sounds technical, but it is enormously consequential. It brings three obvious advantages, often touted by solar proponents. First, a solar cell has ...

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 ...