Browsing by Author "Seifert, B."

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    Band gap determination in multi-band-gap CuFeO2 delafossite epitaxial thin film by photoconductivity
    (2019) Vojkovic, S.; Fernandez, J.; Elgueta, S.; Vega, F. E.; Rojas, S. D.; Wheatley, R. A.; Seifert, B.; Wallentowitz, S.; Cabrera, A. L.
    The photoconductivity within a wavelength range of 450-1100 nm was determined for a sample of epitaxial delafossite CuFeO2 film grown by pulsed laser deposition. The film thickness was estimated to be 75 nm. The resistance of the films was determined with four-contact van der Pauw's method and using monochromatic illumination of the film. The most significant change in resistance resulted in three rapid lineal conductivity increases at photon energies of similar to 1.5 eV (gap-1), similar to 2.1 eV (gap-2) and similar to 2.5 eV (gap-3). The conductivity properties are well correlated with prior optical absorption results obtained in the NIR-VIS region using transmittance spectroscopy.
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    Intra-cavity laser-assisted solar-energy conversion
    (2023) Jimenez, I.; Wallentowitz, S.; Seifert, B.; Volkmann, U. G.; Diaz-droguett, D. E.; Cabrera, A. L.; Gence, L.
    It is shown how to efficiently convert solar into electrical energy, taking advantage of laser amplification and intracavity use of a low-efficiency converter. The latter may consist of a low-efficiency transparent photovoltaic cell or a thermoelectric cell integrated into a metallic laser-cavity mirror, constituting a minor intra-cavity loss for the laser operation. The overall power-conversion efficiency is derived and discussed for a variety of current solid-state laser materials. It is shown that power-conversion efficiencies comparable with commercial silicon photovoltaic cells are obtained with current laser materials. & COPY; 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access
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    Structural, optoelectronic and photo-thermoelectric properties of crystalline alloy CuAlxFe1-xO2 delafossite oxide materials
    (2021) Wheatley, R. A.; Roble, M.; Gence, L.; Acuna, C.; Rojas-Aedo, R.; Hidalgo-Rojas, D.; Guzman-De La Cerda, D. E.; Vojkovic, S.; Seifert, B.; Wallentowitz, S.; Volkmann, U. G.; Diaz-Droguett, D. E.
    CuFeO2 and CuAlO2 are attractive candidate materials for solar energy harvesting applications such as photocatalysis and photovoltaics. This work describes the structural, optoelectronic, thermal and electric properties of alloyed CuAlxFe1-xO2 Delafossite material synthesized using solid-state sintering techniques. The alloyed samples of CuAlxFe1-xO2 Delafossite oxide consisted of substitution of Fe for Al ranging from x = 0.01 to x = 0.99. The inclusion of Al in low concentrations affects the crystallization rate during solid-state synthesis, dramatically changing the resultant sample morphologies. The addition of dilute amounts of Al also greatly improves the conductivity of the material to a maximum of 3.18 Scm(-1). The material absorption edge shows strong changes over the alloying range. The more highly conducting samples show a strong photoinduced thermoelectric response to Vis-NIR illumination. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.