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Breakthrough Material could lead to Cheaper, more Widespread Solar Panels and Electronics

Photo: Graduate student Tika Kafle (facing camera) works on the time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy setup. Credit: Cody Howard/University of Kansas.

Physics research groups have generated free electrons from organic semiconductors when combined with a single atomic layer of molybdenum disulfide, a recently discovered 2D semiconductor.

Imagine printing electronic devices using a simple inkjet printer – or even painting a solar panel onto the wall of a building. Such technology would slash the cost of manufacturing electronic devices and enable new ways to integrate them into our everyday lives. Over the last two decades, a type of material called organic semiconductors, made out of molecules or polymers, has been developed for such purposes...

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New Method improves Stability of Perovskite Quantum Dots

Electron microscopy images of perovskite quantum dots embedded in the protective alumina matrix, and a photograph of the same film stable in water. Credit: © R. Buonsanti/EPFL

Electron microscopy images of perovskite quantum dots embedded in the protective alumina matrix, and a photograph of the same film stable in water. Credit: © R. Buonsanti/EPFL

EPFL scientists have built a new type of inorganic nanocomposite that makes perovskite quantum dot exceptionally stable against air exposure, sunlight, heat, and water. Quantum dots are nanometer-size, semiconducting materials whose tiny size gives them unique optical properties. Much effort has been put in building quantum dots from perovskites, which already show much promise for solar panels, LEDs and laser technologies.

The new approach to stabilize the perovskite quantum dots was developed in the lab of Raffaella Buonsanti at EPFL Valais Wallis...

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