Photovoltaic Effect of La and Mn Co-Doped BiFeO3 Heterostructure with Charge Transport Layers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Solution Preparation
2.2. Films’ Preparation
2.3. Films’ Characterizations
3. Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Compositions | Crystallite Size (nm) | Optical Bandgap (Eg) (eV) | Voc (mV) | Jsc (μA/cm2) |
---|---|---|---|---|
BLF | 16.3 | 2.66 | 3.2 | 0.28 |
BLFM5 | 27.7 | 2.60 | 67.8 | 3.04 |
BLFM10 | 16.8 | 2.55 | 5.9 | 1.88 |
BLFM15 | 11.6 | 2.51 | 1.4 | 0.53 |
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Lv, J.; Ning, H. Photovoltaic Effect of La and Mn Co-Doped BiFeO3 Heterostructure with Charge Transport Layers. Materials 2024, 17, 2072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17092072
Lv J, Ning H. Photovoltaic Effect of La and Mn Co-Doped BiFeO3 Heterostructure with Charge Transport Layers. Materials. 2024; 17(9):2072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17092072
Chicago/Turabian StyleLv, Jiwei, and Huanpo Ning. 2024. "Photovoltaic Effect of La and Mn Co-Doped BiFeO3 Heterostructure with Charge Transport Layers" Materials 17, no. 9: 2072. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17092072