Oct

26

Breakthrough In Designing Perovskite Solar Cells

October 26, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Open Image…Save ImageOpen Image (using #TmpD/ia)… A University of Hong Kong (CityU) team has engineered a unique type of self-assembled monolayer, or SAM for short, and anchored it on a nickel oxide surface as a charge extraction layer for building perovskite solar cells. Perovskite solar cells are a promising frontier in the solar energy landscape, known for their impressive power […]

Jan

21

Future Windows May Generate Electricity

January 21, 2021 | Leave a Comment

Incheon National University researchers have demonstrated the first transparent solar cell. Their innovative technique rests on a specific part of the solar cell: the heterojunction, made up of thin films of materials responsible for absorbing light. By combining the unique properties of titanium dioxide and nickel oxide semiconductors, the researchers were able to generate an […]

Jun

16

A Better Electrode to Make Hydrogen

June 16, 2020 | Leave a Comment

Chemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found a way to treat inexpensive electrode materials and considerably improve their properties during hydrogen electrolysis. Its another step forward for renewable energies as it could make the production of green hydrogen even more efficient in the future. The research group’s results have been published in the […]

Jun

22

Material May Set Up High Temp Superconductivity

June 22, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Argonne National Laboratory researchers have identified a nickel oxide compound as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity. The project combined crystal growth, X-ray spectroscopy and computational theory. The team successfully synthesized single crystals of a metallic trilayer nickelate compound, a feat the researchers believe to be a first. John Mitchell, an Argonne […]

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