A team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania, the creators of several revolutionary innovations in the solar energy field, suggested yet another solution to boost the performance and stability of perovskite solar elements.
In a paper recently published in the open-access journal ACS Applied Energy Materials, researchers studied the usage of polymeric films of polyethylenimine (PEI) for interfacial enhancement of electron-selective contacts. The modification of PEI increased the performance of conventional highly efficient heterojunction solar cells.
By Chinmay Chari
8 Sep 2022
Eastman has entered into an agreement with Citrine Informatics to utilize the Citrine Platform for Materials Informatics and artificial intelligence (AI)-guided product development.
Recently Oxford Instruments announced the launch of their SiC substrate contactless plasma polishing solution. The aim of this technology is to supersede the established chemical mechanical planarization CMP process, with a clean, dry, lower cost, higher yield and sustainable alternative.
Today, cameras are often more than just suppliers of images – they can recognise objects, generate results or trigger follow-up processes. Visitors to VISION Stuttgart, Germany, can find out about the possibilities offered by state-of-the-art camera technology at IDS booth 8C60.
The way that leaves transport solar energy over relatively long distances before using it to power chemical reactions can be mimicked by a comparatively new type of semiconductor that is stacked on top of a mirror-like structure. The method might one day increase the effectiveness of solar cells.
Plastics become yellow with time. While the dyes have been considered the source of this, the actual chemical changes that occur have remained a mystery.
Using a 3D printing technique, a tiny quantity of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy created a tougher, high-performance material that could one day be utilized on Mars to produce tools or rocket parts.
New high-power electronic devices have been developed by engineers that are significantly more energy efficient than previous technology. A new technique for carefully “doping” gallium nitride (GaN) allows for the creation of the devices.
Writing in the journal Materials, a team of scientists from the National Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies in Romania have investigated the use of iodine-doped graphene oxide as electrocatalysts.
By Reginald Davey
7 Sep 2022
Innovative 3D printing of thermally conductive plastics offers new passive heat sink designs, improving thermal management in advanced electronic devices.
By Reginald Davey
7 Sep 2022
In an article recently published in the journal ACS Engineering Au, researchers discussed the utility of in situ/operando transmission infrared spectroscopy to examine the plasma-catalyst interface.
By Surbhi Jain
7 Sep 2022
In a paper recently published in the journal Biomaterials, researchers examined the challenges, synthesis techniques, and advances made in the development of decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM)-based biomaterials to imitate specific physical and biological characteristics of native tissue.
By Chinmay Chari
7 Sep 2022
A new magnetic state in a monolayer of the novel quantum material tungsten ditelluride, or WTe2, has been demonstrated by a research team at the University of California, Riverside, led by a physicist.
A group of researchers recently published a paper in the journal Materials that investigated the feasibility of using crushed macaúba endocarp as a bio-aggregate in a cement mix.
By Samudrapom Dam
7 Sep 2022