High efficient photovoltaics in BaTiO₃ thin film

摘要： BaTiO3 thin film was grown on a n-type silicon (100) single crystal substrate by high vacuum magnetron sputtering. The samples were annealed under vacuum conditions at 400, 500 and 600°C, respectively. The photovoltaic effect in BaTiO3 thin film was observed, and a high power conversion efficiency of 1.25% was achieved. In addition, the short circuit current density of 134μA/cm2 under white light illumination was obtained in the BaTiO3 thin film. Besides, the current ratio of light ON/OFF state is about 100 at 2v bias. Our experiments suggest that BaTiO3 thin film possesses the potential photovoltaic application in future.