By covering cubic silicon carbide in nanopores, researchers have created an efficient light-powered material for splitting water to produce hydrogen.
31 March 2021
A new, inexpensive dipping process using a sulfolane additive can produce high-quality perovskite crystalline thin film for use in solar cells.
30 March 2021
Researchers have found a material that can switch between a window and a mirror in a quadrillionth of a second when struck by a short laser pulse.
26 March 2021
Researchers have discovered that the electronic properties of halide perovskites hinge on the way their atomic lattice twists and turns.
24 March 2021
By combining photonic crystals with a polymer substrate, researchers have developed a photonic material that can move and fold when illuminated.
22 March 2021
A novel glass display with a high white light contrast ratio can smoothly transition between a broad spectrum of colors when electrically charged.
19 March 2021
Researchers used ultrafast nanometric imaging to show, for the first time, that populations of carbon dots contain both good and bad emitters.
16 March 2021
Researchers have developed a new way to produce nonlinear optical processes, by stacking and twisting layers of 2D hexagonal boron nitride.
15 March 2021
Scientists have discovered the crucial role played by one of the solvents used in the fabrication process for perovskite solar cells.
2 March 2021
novel transparent metal oxide photovoltaic cells could turn windows into energy generators
26 February 2021Cordelia Sealy
Using 3D aerosol jet-printing, scientists have produced a highly sensitive X-ray detector by printing arrays of perovskite pillars on a graphene substrate.
25 February 2021
Bismuth vanadate electrodes that contain more bismuth on their surface generate higher amounts of electrical current from sunlight for water splitting.
25 February 2021
Researchers have developed a 'windowpane' with a conjugated polymer that can direct light that falls on it to solar cells at the edges of the pane.
24 February 2021