Artistic representation of electrons funneling into high quality areas of perovskite material

Mystery of high-performing solar cell materials revealed in stunning clarity

22 November 2021

Researchers have visualised, for the first time, why perovskites – materials which could replace silicon in next-generation solar cells - are seemingly so tolerant of defects in their structure. ̽»¨Ö±²¥, led by researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, are published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

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New glass manufacturing technique could enable design of hybrid glasses and revolutionise gas storage

28 August 2015

A new method of manufacturing glass could lead to the production of ‘designer glasses’ with applications in advanced photonics, whilst also facilitating industrial scale carbon capture and storage. An international team of researchers, writing today in the journal Nature Communications, report how they have managed to use a relatively new family of sponge-like porous materials to develop new hybrid glasses.

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