Controllable electrical, magnetoelectric and optical properties of BiFeO3 via domain engineering

Y Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, S Li, H Pan, CW Nan… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3, BFO) as one of the few single-phase room-temperature
multiferroics, has aroused ever-increasing enthusiasm in research communities during the …

BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films and devices: past, present and future

D Sando, A Barthélémy, M Bibes - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The celebrated renaissance of the multiferroics family over the past ten years has also been
that of its most paradigmatic member, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3). Known since the 1960s to be …

An effective magnetic field from optically driven phonons

TF Nova, A Cartella, A Cantaluppi, M Först, D Bossini… - Nature Physics, 2017 - nature.com
Light fields at terahertz and mid-infrared frequencies allow for the direct excitation of
collective modes in condensed matter, which can be driven to large amplitudes. For …

Enhancing ferroelectric photovoltaic effect by polar order engineering

L You, F Zheng, L Fang, Y Zhou, LZ Tan, Z Zhang… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Ferroelectric materials for photovoltaics have sparked great interest because of their
switchable photoelectric responses and above-bandgap photovoltages that violate …

Self-trapped excitons in soft semiconductors

J Tan, D Li, J Zhu, N Han, Y Gong, Y Zhang - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-trapped excitons (STEs) have attracted tremendous attention due to their intriguing
properties and potential optoelectronic applications. STEs are formed from the lattice …

A review of current performance of rare earth metal-doped barium zirconate perovskite: The promising electrode and electrolyte material for the protonic ceramic fuel …

SA Rasaki, C Liu, C Lao, Z Chen - Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Rare-earth metal doped barium zirconate (RE+-BaZrO 3) materials are ionic and electronic
conductors currently showing double functions in the protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) …

Ultrafast optical modification of exchange interactions in iron oxides

RV Mikhaylovskiy, E Hendry, A Secchi… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Ultrafast non-thermal manipulation of magnetization by light relies on either indirect coupling
of the electric field component of the light with spins via spin-orbit interaction or direct …

Gap-state engineering of visible-light-active ferroelectrics for photovoltaic applications

H Matsuo, Y Noguchi, M Miyayama - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Photoferroelectrics offer unique opportunities to explore light energy conversion based on
their polarization-driven carrier separation and above-bandgap voltages. The problem …

Iron-based photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic nano-structures: Facts, perspectives, and expectations

Y AlSalka, LI Granone, W Ramadan, A Hakki… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for clean renewable energy needed for sustainable industrial
progress and population growth is the driving force for the scientific community to achieve a …

Perovskite oxide–based materials for photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic treatment of water

OV Nkwachukwu, OA Arotiba - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Meeting the global challenge of water availability necessitates diversification from traditional
water treatment methods to other complementary methods, such as photocatalysis and …