It's abundant, eco-friendly, and low-cost, but its susceptibility to defects has slowed its adoption as a practical solar material. Halide perovskites: A game-changer with challenges A more ...

A schematic of a perovskite solar cell ... and the holes results in the generation of a current. The existence of defects that might trap the electrons or the holes, can cause the whole solar ...

Multiferroic materials, in which electric and magnetic properties are combined in promising ways, will be the heart of new ...

Nanomaterials of perovskite dispersed in hexane and irradiated by laser. Light emission by these materials is intense thanks to resistance to surface defects. (Image: Luiz Gustavo Bonato) Results like ...

The passivation process is meant to reduce defects in the semiconductor material and improve efficiency, and Professor Kim's ...

The ability to identify small defects in perovskite solar cells will mark a crucial step towards commercialization of the technology. Although it is widely acknowledged perovskites are susceptible ...

In the last decade metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) have emerged as a potential solution to this problem due to their outstanding opto-electronic properties, defect tolerance, the possibility to use ...

The team focused on a material called metal halide perovskites, known for its ability ... where high order and low density of defects are needed. Normally, these highly ordered semiconductors ...

Dec. 4, 2020 — Researchers have uncovered the ionic defect landscape in metal halide perovskites. They were able to identify essential properties of the ions that make up these materials. The ...

In the last decade metal-halide perovskites (MHPs) have emerged as a potential solution to this problem due to their outstanding opto-electronic properties, defect tolerance, the possibility to use ...