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This work illustrates a novel approach for the development of orange multilayer interference coatings with improved angular stability of color while maximizing energy efficiency. The high energy efficiency of these interference coatings is based on thin fi ...

2024

Nanoscale size affects in $α$-FAPbI$_3$ evinced large-scale ab initio simulations

Ursula Röthlisberger, Virginia Carnevali, Nikolaos Lempesis, Vladislav Slama, Lorenzo Agosta, Andrea Vezzosi

Formamidinium-lead-iodide (FAPbI3) has established itself as the state of the art for high solar-energy conversion efficiency in perovskite-based solar cells. FAPbI3 has a rich phase diagram, and it has been noted that long-range correlation between organi ...

Zenodo2024

Nonlinear Photoluminescence in Gold Thin Films

Sergejs Boroviks

Promisingapplications in photonics are driven by the ability tofabricate crystal-quality metal thin films of controlled thicknessdown to a few nanometers. In particular, these materials exhibit ahighly nonlinear response to optical fields owing to the indu ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Range-separated hybrid functionals for accurate prediction of band gaps of extended systems

Alfredo Pasquarello, Stefano Falletta, Jing Yang

In this work, we systematically evaluate the accuracy in band gap prediction of range-separated hybrid functionals on a large set of semiconducting and insulating materials and carry out comparisons with the performance of their global counterparts. We obs ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2023

Compositional and interfacial optimization for enhancement of perovskite solar cells performance

Essa Awadh R Alharbi

Non-renewable sources are responsible for most of the overall greenhouse gas emissions, the development of sustainable energy sources is of prime importance to mitigate the negative effects of climate change. Among renewable sources, solar energy is one of ...

EPFL2022

Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Evolution on Mesoporous Hematite Films Prepared from Maghemite Nanoparticles

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin

Iron oxides, especially hematite (alpha-Fe2O3), a are promising materials for applications in photoelectrochemical cells and photo-redox catalysis. However, realizing high-performance hematite photoanodes via an environmentally-friendly route remains a gre ...

2022

Comparison and optimization of different fuel processing options for biogas-fed solid-oxide fuel cell plants

François Maréchal, Jan Van Herle

The biogas needs to be reformed before electro-chemical conversion in the solid-oxide fuel cell, which can be promoted efficiently with wise thermal management and reforming conditions. To ensure the system safety and catalysts durability, additional miner ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022

Solar reduction of carbon dioxide on copper-tin electrocatalysts with energy conversion efficiency near 20%

Michael Graetzel, Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, Yuhang Liu, Dan Ren, Jing Gao, Jun Li, Meng Xia

Solar-driven carbon dioxide reduction has witnessed a renaissance in the past decades, but the system suffers from low reaction rates. Here the authors develop a copper/tin-oxide electrocatalyst, achieving a new benchmark solar-to-CO energy conversion effi ...

Nature Portfolio2022

Organic Rankine Cycle as the Waste Heat Recovery Unit of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: A Novel System Design for the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Using Batteries as a Backup/Storage Unit

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

The novelty of this study is to suggest a novel design for electric vehicle charging stations using fuel cell technology. The proposed system benefits from the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) to utilize the exhaust energy of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) st ...

MDPI2022

Controlling PbI2 Stoichiometry during Synthesis to Improve the Performance of Perovskite Photovoltaics

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen

Over the past decade, remarkable progress has advanced the field of perovskite solar cells to the forefront of thin film solar technologies. The stoichiometry of the perovskite material is of paramount importance as it determines the optoelectronic propert ...

2021

Dynamic Thermal Performance of the BIPV Facades

Dolaana Khovalyg, Mohammad Rahiminejad

Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), generally integrated on the roofs, are more and more often installed on the facade as a result of a growing need in renewable energy generating surfaces. This allows maximizing the use of the building surfaces to g ...

AMER SOC HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGS2021

Rotated domains in selective area epitaxy grown Zn3P2: formation mechanism and functionality

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Jean-Baptiste Leran, Simon Robert Escobar Steinvall, Mahdi Zamani, Elias Zsolt Stutz, Rajrupa Paul

Zinc phosphide (Zn3P2) is an ideal absorber candidate for solar cells thanks to its direct bandgap, earth-abundance, and optoelectronic characteristics, albeit it has been insufficiently investigated due to limitations in the fabrication of high-quality ma ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Angstrom-Scale Transparent Overcoats: Interfacial Nitrogen-Driven Atomic Intermingling Promotes Lubricity and Surface Protection of Ultrathin Carbon

Reuben Yeo Jueyuan

Lubricity, a phenomenon which enables the ease of motion of objects, and wear resistance, which minimizes material damage or degradation, are important fundamental characteristics for sustainable technology developments. Ultrathin coatings that promote lub ...

2021

Resonant Band-Edge Emissive States in Strongly Confined CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanoplatelets

Jacques-Edouard Moser, Etienne Christophe Socie, Brener Rodrigo De Carvalho Vale, Aaron Tomas Terpstra

Strongly confined, fully inorganic cesium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals are of great promise for light-emitting devices in the blue spectral range owing to their high photoluminescence quantum yields. A combination of broadband fluorescence up-conver ...

2021