Development of low-cost ferroelectric PLZT devices for photovoltaic power generation

Author

Qin, Meng ; Yao, Kui ; Liang, Yung C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2010

fDate

6-9 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Ferroelectric photovoltaic device can be used to convert optical energy, such as UV light into electrical energy which can be used to power up electronic circuits in a wireless sensing network. The photovoltaic mechanism exhibits great potential to resolve the energy supply problem in sensing network placed in remote locations. This paper presents the detailed development work on the low-cost ferroelectric photovoltaic thin-film device which can serve as an energy source for the remote circuits. This development is very useful in applications in condition monitoring in industries.

Keywords

energy harvesting; ferroelectric devices; lanthanum compounds; lead compounds; photovoltaic effects; photovoltaic power systems; power supply circuits; wireless sensor networks; PLZT; condition monitoring; electronic circuits; ferroelectric photovoltaic device; ferroelectric photovoltaic thin film device; low cost ferroelectric PLZT device; optical energy conversion; photovoltaic power generation; remote locations; wireless sensing network; Electrodes; Epitaxial growth; Gold; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaic systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kandy

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7192-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSET.2010.5684412

Filename

5684412