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Area of Science:

  • Solid-state physics
  • Materials science
  • Organic electronics

Background:

  • The bulk photovoltaic effect arises from directional electron movement in non-centrosymmetric crystals.
  • Shift current, a key mechanism, involves charge transfer via wave function shifts and is linked to electronic polarization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric organic molecular crystals.
  • To explore the characteristics of shift current in organic systems.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized tetrathiafulvalene-p-chloranil, an organic molecular crystal with significant ferroelectric polarization.
  • Measured zero-bias photocurrent under visible-light irradiation.
  • Investigated photocurrent directionality in response to polarization reversal.

Main Results:

  • Observed a substantial zero-bias photocurrent in the organic crystal.
  • Demonstrated switching of photocurrent direction by reversing ferroelectric polarization.
  • Determined a photocarrier travel distance exceeding 200 micrometers.

Conclusions:

  • Ferroelectric organic molecular crystals exhibit distinct shift current properties.
  • These materials show promise for developing novel optoelectronic devices.