Azpiroz Lab

Research focus

ERC Starting Grant · 2020

Discovery and Characterization of Third-Generation Nonlinear Photovoltaics

A central focus of leading investigations, the bulk photovoltaic effect is a nonlinear absorption process that converts light into electrical current intrinsically. The last few years have brought groundbreaking discoveries to the field, including an unprecedented enhancement of the photoresponse driven by a combination of topology and third-order electric-field effects, as well as the first material realization of solar-cell efficiency exceeding the upper-limit of current devices. The nonlinear mechanism is thus in an excellent position to revolutionize the field of solar-cell technologies by opening a fundamentally new route towards highly efficient third-generation photovoltaics.…

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