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Researchers in Australia have resolved a fundamental challenge preventing the wide uptake of next-generation perovskite solar cells.
Researchers in Australia have resolved a fundamental challenge preventing the wide uptake of next-generation perovskite solar cells.
Materials Science
Oct 19, 2020
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Perovskites are a class of materials made up of organic materials bound to a metal. Their fascinating structure and properties have propelled perovskites into the forefront of materials' research, where they are studied for ...
Materials Science
Oct 1, 2020
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Nanoengineers at UC San Diego developed a new method to fabricate perovskites as single-crystal thin films, which are more efficient for use in solar cells and optical devices than the current state-of-the-art polycrystalline ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2020
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A team of researchers from MIT and Northwestern University has demonstrated the ability to fine-tune the electronic properties of hybrid perovskite materials, which have drawn enormous interest as potential next-generation ...
Materials Science
Jul 17, 2020
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Solar energy researchers at Oregon State University are shining their scientific spotlight on materials with a crystal structure discovered nearly two centuries ago.
Materials Science
Jul 2, 2020
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A simple and noninvasive treatment could become a prime post-crystallization process to optimize the optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskite solar cell materials.
Materials Science
Jun 18, 2020
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Microelectronics utilize various functional materials whose properties make them suitable for specific applications. For example, transistors and data storage devices are made of silicon, and most photovoltaic cells used ...
Materials Science
Jun 12, 2020
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Perovskite solar cells (pero-SCs) show great potential in photoelectric fields due to high power conversion efficiency (PCE), simple processing technology, low fabrication cost, etc.. Recently, the highest certificated PCE ...
Materials Science
May 13, 2020
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Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel.
Nanophysics
May 4, 2020
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Soft and flexible materials called halide perovskites could make solar cells more efficient at significantly less cost, but they're too unstable to use.
Materials Science
Apr 29, 2020
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