Rashba-like physics in condensed matter

G Bihlmayer, P Noël, DV Vyalikh, EV Chulkov… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Spin–orbit coupling induces a unique form of Zeeman interaction in momentum space in
materials that lack inversion symmetry: the electron's spin is locked on an effective magnetic …

Nonreciprocal responses from non-centrosymmetric quantum materials

Y Tokura, N Nagaosa - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Directional transport and propagation of quantum particle and current, such as electron,
photon, spin, and phonon, are known to occur in the materials system with broken inversion …

Flexo-photovoltaic effect in MoS2

J Jiang, Z Chen, Y Hu, Y **ang, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The theoretical Shockley–Queisser limit of photon–electricity conversion in a
conventional p–n junction could be potentially overcome by the bulk photovoltaic effect that …

Enhanced bulk photovoltaic effect in two-dimensional ferroelectric CuInP2S6

Y Li, J Fu, X Mao, C Chen, H Liu, M Gong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The photocurrent generation in photovoltaics relies essentially on the interface of pn junction
or Schottky barrier with the photoelectric efficiency constrained by the Shockley-Queisser …

Giant bulk piezophotovoltaic effect in 3R-MoS2

Y Dong, MM Yang, M Yoshii, S Matsuoka… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Given its innate coupling with wavefunction geometry in solids and its potential to boost the
solar energy conversion efficiency, the bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) has been of …

Zero-bias mid-infrared graphene photodetectors with bulk photoresponse and calibration-free polarization detection

J Wei, Y Li, L Wang, W Liao, B Dong, C Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), featuring polarization-dependent uniform photoresponse at
zero external bias, holds potential for exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit in the efficiency …

Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes

YJ Zhang, T Ideue, M Onga, F Qin, R Suzuki, A Zak… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The photovoltaic effect in traditional p–n junctions—where ap-type material (with an excess
of holes) abuts an n-type material (with an excess of electrons)—involves the light-induced …

Dual polarization-enabled ultrafast bulk photovoltaic response in van der Waals heterostructures

Z Zeng, Z Tian, Y Wang, C Ge, F Strauß… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) originating from spontaneous charge polarizations can
reach high conversion efficiency exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit. Emerging van der …

Soft multiaxial molecular ferroelectric thin films with self-powered broadband photodetection

S Han, Y Ma, L Hua, L Tang, B Wang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Molecular ferroelectric films (MFFs) offer a good platform for miniaturized electronic devices,
which are inseparable from their multiaxial nature. Despite great studies, soft MFFs with …

Spintronic devices for energy-efficient data storage and energy harvesting

J Puebla, J Kim, K Kondou, Y Otani - Communications Materials, 2020 - nature.com
The current data revolution has, in part, been enabled by decades of research into
magnetism and spin phenomena. For example, milestones such as the observation of giant …