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Perovskite Solar Cells Efficiency Jumps from 3.8% to 20.1% in 6 Years
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As one of the top ten science breakthroughs of 2013, perovskite solar cells have shown potential both in the rapid efficiency improvement (from 3.8% in 2009 to the latest record 20.1% in 2015) and in cheap material and manufact...
2015/09/17 on Nature: Room temperature switchable polarization and magnetization in a perovskite oxide
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Nature 525, 363–366 (17 September 2015) doi:10.1038/nature14881 With delicate crystal engineering of a perovskite oxide, traditionally impossible switching of polarization and magnetization at room temperature is now a reality....
RPI researchers published new article on Science Magazine about graphene reinforced graphene nano composite
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RPI researchers Xin et al. intercalated small fragments of graphene into the gaps formed by larger graphene sheets that had been coiled into fibers. Once annealed, the large sheets provided pathways for conduction, while the sm...
DOE RFI on Ion Conductors for Electrochemical Cells
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DE-FOA-0001396: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ON ION CONDUCTORS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS ARPA-E seeks input from researchers and technologists from a broad range of fields on how to achieve transformational gains in the abilit...
Cover Story on Nature: Atomic Doping in Nanometer-Scale Crystals
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The Nature magazine featured this materials science research on its cover page of the 27 August, 2015 issue. A group of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA reported their recent work on the doping...