Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102849

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102849

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Electronic charge separation at polar topological defects - photovoltaics beyond the conventional p-n junction. The recent discovery of a fundamentally different mechanism for electronic charge separation, which operates over a distance of a few nanometres and produces voltages that are significantly higher than the material bandgap has opened a new and promising research direction. This novel effect is driven by previously unobserved nanoscale steps of the electrostatic potential that naturally occur at ferroelectric domain walls and can be reversed in polarity or turned off. By working at the frontier of complex oxide materials science, this project aims to discover and implement new design approaches for electronic energy harvesting using nanostructured polar oxides for novel applications in optoelectronic devices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-05-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $380,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Functional Materials | Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Nanoscale Characterisation | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Ceramics, Glass and Industrial Mineral Products not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Ceramics, Glass and Industrial Mineral Products not elsewhere classified | Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Functional Materials | Materials Engineering | Nanoscale Characterisation

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