Above‐Bandgap Photovoltages in Antiferroelectrics

The first antiferroelectric solar cell is presented. This study shows that antiferroelectric thin-film photovoltaic current can be switched on when biased into the polar phase to generate abovebandgap photovoltages in excess of 100 V and photovoltaic fields of several megavolts per centimeter, the largest ever measured for any material.

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