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  • Materials Science
  • Solid State Physics
  • Renewable Energy

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  • Conventional solar cell efficiency is well-understood, but photovoltaic devices utilizing shift currents remain underexplored.
  • Optimization strategies for shift current efficiency are lacking, hindering technological advancement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline simple design principles for optimizing shift currents in photovoltaic devices near the band gap.
  • To identify novel materials exhibiting high shift current responsivity.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of effective models to derive design principles for shift current optimization.
  • Expressing band edge shift current in terms of model parameters and wavefunctions.
  • Investigating ferroelectric polymer films and single-layer orthorhombic monochalcogenides (e.g., GeS).

Main Results:

  • Identified two classes of shift current photovoltaics: ferroelectric polymer films and GeS-like materials.
  • These materials exhibit the highest reported band edge responsivities.
  • Achieved photoresponsivities exceeding 100 mA/W by exploring parameter spaces in tight-binding models.

Conclusions:

  • Shift current photovoltaics possess significant potential to rival conventional solar cells.
  • The developed design principles and identified materials pave the way for next-generation solar energy technologies.