Projektbeschreibung
Hochauflösender „Film“ über die Dynamik innovativer Photovoltaik mittels ultraschneller Elektronenmikroskopie
Sonnenenergie wird eine wesentliche Rolle bei der ökologischen Energiewende spielen. Die sie ausnutzende Technologie hat sich in den fast sieben Jahrzehnten, seitdem die erste Siliziumsolarzelle praktisch vorgeführt wurde, enorm weiterentwickelt. Nicht zentralsymmetrische ferroelektrische Perowskite haben beträchtliches Interesse an der Photovoltaik der nächsten Generation geweckt, aber die genauen Mechanismen ihrer gigantischen photovoltaischen Reaktion sind noch nicht erforscht. Mit Unterstützung der Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Maßnahmen wird das Projekt SpaceTimeFerro ultraschnelle Elektronenpulse in einem Femtosekunden-Elektronenmikroskop für die räumliche und zeitliche Auflösung im Nanometerbereich ausnutzen. Der resultierende hochauflösende „Film“ des sich entwickelnden elektromagnetischen Feldes wird den Ursprung des anomalen photovoltaischen Volumeneffekts bei ferroelektrischen Perowskitoxiden offenbaren.
Ziel
Giant bulk photovoltaic effect in non-centrosymmetric ferroelectric materials is currently gaining tremendous research interest due to its above-bandgap photovoltage and the observed output voltage is around 3-4 orders of magnitude higher than the Si-solar cells. Hence, the ferroelectric photovoltaic response is considered the next-generation photovoltaic device. However, researchers currently lack a profound understanding of the exact mechanism of the bulk photovoltaic effect, and the proposed mechanisms are contradictory to each other. This, in turn, restricts the progress of the field towards efficient solar cells. The difficult part of finding the exact mechanism is due to ultrafast carrier dynamics and atomic relaxation times are of the order of ≈ 0.1 to 10 femtoseconds, which made it experimentally inaccessible. At present, the excellent infrastructure and facilities of my host institute dealing with the ultrafast carrier dynamics can record the meticulous dynamics in space-time resolution and hence can provide the exact mechanism towards the above bandgap photovoltage in the ferroelectric system. Therefore, through this project, we are going to investigate the origin of the anomalous bulk photovoltaic effect in perovskite ferroelectric oxides by “filming” the ultrafast photo-absorption and subsequent photo-excited carrier relaxation dynamics with femtosecond time resolution and nanometre spatial resolution using laser-driven electron microscopy. In contrast to the spectroscopic approach, ultrafast electron pulses in a femtosecond electron microscope or diffraction apparatus can provide nanometre spatial and femtosecond temporal resolutions at the same time and hence can provide a movie of evolving electromagnetic field in space and time. Based on the data generated, a comprehensive physical mechanism will be put forth, which will act as guidance for the selection and design of future ferroelectric systems for an improved photovoltaic response.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicselectromagnetism
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyelectron microscopy
- humanitiesartsmodern and contemporary artcinematography
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopyabsorption spectroscopy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energyphotovoltaic
Programm/Programme
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
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