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New ‘self-driving’ lab developed to advance the understanding of metal halide perovskites

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University at Buffalo have developed a 'self-driving lab' that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and fluidic systems to advance the understanding of metal halide perovskite (MHP) nanocrystals. This self-driving lab can also be used to investigate other semiconductor and metallic nanomaterials.

Autonomous Nanocrystal Doping by Self-Driving Fluidic Micro-Processors image

'We've created a self-driving laboratory that can be used to advance both fundamental nanoscience and applied engineering,' says Milad Abolhasani, corresponding author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of chemical and bimolecular engineering at NC State.

Read the full story Posted: Mar 17,2022

Israeli researchers develop self-healing perovskite nanocrystals

A team from Israel's Technion Institute of Technology has announced the development of self-healing perovskite nanocrystals.

Having to frequently replace electronics due to malfunctioning of materials is unavoidable today, since every device suffers from degradation as a result of defects that accumulate during use over time. This generates, in addition to customer frustration and costs, a heavy environmental footprint.

Read the full story Posted: Jan 03,2022

Researchers synthesize a previously theoretical nitride perovskite

Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have experimentally synthesized a nitride perovskite material that previously only existed in theory and measured its properties in collaboration with researchers at the Colorado School of Mines.

Synthesis of LaWN3 nitride perovskite with polar symmetry image

The new material could theoretically be used for microelectromechanical devices such as the ones used in telecommunications and other areas. Nitride perovskites have been computationally predicted to be stable, but not many have been synthesized, and their experimental properties remain largely unknown, the researchers explained in their new article.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 20,2021

Researchers design new method for additive-free, low-temperature production of stable α-FAPbI3 perovskite

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with an international team of scientists, developed a new process for creating FAPbI3.

One of the challenges with making FAPbI3 is that the high temperatures (150°C) used can cause the crystals within the material to 'stretch', making them strained, which favors the yellow phase that isn't suitable for solar cells. While previous reports have used small amounts of additional chemicals/additives to help form FAPbI3 under these conditions, it can be very hard to control the uniformity and amounts of these additives when making solar cells at a very large scale, and the long-term impact of including them is not yet known.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 16,2021

Project NanoQI develops multimodal real-time methods for in-line nanomaterial characterization

A project called NanoQI, funded by the European Union with Horizon 2020 funds, aims to develop an industry-ready, real-time and in-line capable method for characterizing and imaging nano-dimensions of (thin film) nanomaterials in the critical range of 1 to 300 nm on large sample surfaces of more than 500 × 500 mm2. The project involves a consortium of eight companies and organizations from five European countries and was initiated on March 1, 2020. The project's mid-term was in September 2021.

Development of multimodal real-time methods for in-line nanomaterial characterization imageHSI hardware integration and algorithms for automatic quality assessment using HSI, based on XRR/XRD- ground-truth data. (Image: Fraunhofer IWS)

NanoQI combines for the first time X-ray reflectometry (XRR) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) as well as broadband hyperspectral imaging (HSI) into a fast, real-time method for quality control in thin film processing that can be directly integrated into the coating equipment. This combination enables equipment operators to access application-relevant properties such as the thickness of individual layers in a coating system, the solid state structure or even derived functional properties ' such as water vapor permeability ' while the coating is still in progress.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 16,2021

Researchers design moisture-tolerant perovskite solar cells with special 2D perovskite encapsulation

A research team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed a synthetic alloy that increases perovskite cells' durability while preserving energy conversion performance.

'Perovskite usually dissolves immediately on contact with water,' says co-author James Gardner, a researcher at KTH. 'We have proven that our alloyed perovskite can survive for several minutes completely immersed in water, which is over a 100 times more stable than the perovskite alone. What's more, the solar cells that we have built from the material retain their efficiency for more than 100 days after they are manufactured.'

Read the full story Posted: Oct 27,2021

New technique could help create better perovskite materials

A recent study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Technische Universität München, EPFL and The Pennsylvania State University has found that solar materials manufacturing could be aided by a new instrument that uses two types of light ' invisible X-ray light and visible laser light ' to probe a perovskite material's crystal structure and optical properties as it is synthesized.

'When people make solar thin films, they typically have a dedicated synthesis lab and need to go to another lab to characterize it. With our development, you can fully synthesize and characterize a material at the same time, at the same place', said Carolin Sutter-Fella, a scientist at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 20,2021

MIT team succeeds in making high-quality chalcogenide perovskite thin films

Scientists at MIT recently reported creating the first high-quality thin films of a new family of semiconductor materials - chalcogenide perovskites. This achievement, lead by MIT researcher Rafael Jaramillo, has the potential to impact multiple fields of technology.

Chalcogenide perovskites could have applications in solar cells and lighting, Jaramillo says. He notes, however, that "the history of semiconductor research shows that new families of semiconductors are generally enabling in ways that are not predictable."

Read the full story Posted: Oct 19,2021

Researchers deepen understanding of defects in Hybrid Perovskites

A team of researchers from HZB, CNRS and Charles University used a multi-method approach to quantify and characterize defects in single crystal MAPbI3, giving a cross-checked overview of their properties. The team characterized five different defect types and measured the interaction between these defects and the charge carriers.

MAPI semiconductors consist of organic methylammonium cations and lead iodide octahedra that form a perovskite structure. MAPI based solar cells have achieved efficiencies of 25% within a few years. But so far, the semi-organic semiconductors are still ageing rapidly.

Read the full story Posted: Oct 10,2021

Correlated electrons ‘tango’ in a perovskite oxide at the extreme quantum limit

A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Florida State University, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Quantum Institute and Sungkyunkwan University has found a rare quantum material in which electrons move in coordinated ways, essentially 'dancing.'

Straining the material creates an electronic band structure that sets the stage for exotic, more tightly correlated behavior ' similar to tangoing ' among Dirac electrons, which are especially mobile electric charge carriers that may someday enable faster transistors.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 30,2021