Shift current bulk photovoltaic effect influenced by quasiparticles and excitons

Abstract

We compute the shift current bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) in bulk BaTiO${}_3$ and two-dimensional monochalcogenide SnSe considering quasi-particle corrections and exciton effects. We explore changes in shift current peak position and magnitude reduction due to band renormalization. For BaTiO${}_3$, we demonstrate that shift current is reduced near the band edge due to exciton effects. Comparison of these results with experiments on BaTiO${}_3$ indicate that mechanisms other than shift current may be contributing to BPVE. Additionally, we reveal that the shift current near the band gap shows only a small change due to excitons in two-dimensional SnSe, suggesting that the thin film geometry provides a feasible way to reduce the exciton effect on the shift current. These results suggest that many-body corrections are important for accurate assessments of bulk photovoltaic materials and to understand the mechanisms behind the BPVE

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