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Proposal Call: $23M FY2017 NSF Materials Research Funding

Proposal Call: $23M FY2017 NSF Materials Research Funding

Posted Jun 10, 2016

Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers PROGRAM SOLICITATION NSF 16-545 Preliminary Proposal Due Date(s) (required) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):      July 01, 2016 Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):      December 02, 2016...

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Perovskite Solar Cells >20% Efficiency Enabled by A Vacuum Flash–assisted Solution Process

Perovskite Solar Cells >20% Efficiency Enabled by A Vacuum Flash–assisted Solution Process

Posted Jun 10, 2016

EPFL's Michael Graetzel and his team found that, by briefly reducing the pressure while fabricating perovskite crystals, they were able to achieve the highest performance ever measured for larger-size perovskite solar cells, reaching over 20% efficiency and matching the performance of conventional thin-film solar cells of similar sizes. Their results are published in Science.

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2017 vs 2016 Ranking of the Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs

2017 vs 2016 Ranking of the Best Materials Engineering Graduate Programs

Posted Jun 01, 2016

Every year, US News & World Report publishes its annual ranking of the best graduate schools and programs.  For the materials engineering programs, what are the changes between the 2016 and 2017 rankings? MSE Supplies (www.msesupplies.com) has compiled the ranking data and found some interesting movement of ranking spots of some schools.  

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Highly stable and efficient solid-state solar cells based on perovskite quantum dots (11.14% conversion efficiency at 1 sun illumination)

Highly stable and efficient solid-state solar cells based on perovskite quantum dots (11.14% conversion efficiency at 1 sun illumination)

Posted May 25, 2016

The best-performing cell, which contains the FTO/Bl-TiO2/mp-TiO2+CH3NH3PbBr3 (~2-nm QDs)/PTAA/Au configuration shows the following results: open-circuit voltage (VOC)=1.110 V, current density (JSC)=14.07 mA cm−2, fill factor=0.73 and an 11.40% PCE.     MSE Supplies is a leading supplier of both standard and custom-made...

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