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Renewable Energy from Livestock Waste Valorization: …

Increasing carbon emissions have accelerated climate change, resulting in devastating effects that are now tangible on an everyday basis. This is mirrored by a projected increase in global energy …

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Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in materials engineering solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries.

Boron-Containing Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Effective ...

Nanocarriers have been researched comprehensively for the development of novel boron-containing agents in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). We designed and synthesized a multifunctional mesoporous silica nanoparticle (MSN)-based boron-containing agent. The latter was coated with a lipid bilayer (LB) and decorated with SP94 …

2D Perovsktie Substrate-Assisted CsPbI

High-quality perovskite films are beneficial for fabricating perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with excellent photoelectric performance. The substrate on which the perovskite film grows plays a profound role in improving the crystallization quality of the perovskite film. Here, we proposed a novel method for optimizing CsPbI3 perovskite …

Crystallization Kinetics Engineering toward High ...

Due to their superior stability and high open-circuit voltage (Voc), all-inorganic cesium lead bromine (CsPbBr3) perovskite solar cells are attractive for tandem device applications. However, the current methanol fabrication process requires multistep (at least 5–6 times) spin coating, which is tedious and time-consuming. Here, we introduced a modified two …

Facile Exfoliation of the Perovskite Thin Film for Visualizing the ...

The morphology and structure of buried interfaces play decisive roles in determining the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, challenges remain in directly visualizing the buried interfaces by existing nondestructive techniques. Here, we have developed a facile technique to integrally exfoliate the …

Surface Atomic Structure Directs the Fate of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Stem cells in contact with materials are able to sense their surface features, integrate extracellular matrix (ECM) protein cues through a signal transduction pathway, and ultimately direct cell fate decisions. However, discovering the interdisciplinary mechanisms of how stem cells respond to inherent material surface features still …

Dual Buried Interface Engineering for Improving Air …

Fabricating perovskite solar cells (PSCs) in an ambient environment provides low-cost preparation routes for solar cells that are suitable for large-scale production. Compared with methylammonium …

Unveiling the Critical Role of Oxidants and Additives in Doped …

Chemical dopants are often required in organic hole transport materials (HTMs) to enhance the film conductivity and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells. Although additives (LiTFSI + tBP) and oxidants (FK209) are key dopants in HTMs, their hygroscopic and volatile nature induce severe morphology change, ion …

Unveiling the Critical Role of Oxidants and Additives in …

Chemical dopants are often required in organic hole transport materials (HTMs) to enhance the film conductivity and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of solar cells. Although additives (LiTFSI + …

Applied Materials to Accelerate Its Solar Roadmap with …

"With this acquisition, Applied will become a leading provider of c-Si cell manufacturing solutions to the PV industry," said Mike Splinter, president and CEO of Applied Materials. "As a key supplier to both the c-Si and thin film solar markets, we are committed to driving down the cost and ramping up the scale of PV manufacturing to …

Low-Loading Sub-3 nm PtCo Nanoparticles Supported …

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Cite this: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 48, 53819–53827. Click to copy citation Citation copied! ... The fuel cell employing PtCo/Co–N–C as the cathode catalyst …

Passivating Defects via Retarding the Reaction Rate of FAI and …

The two-step sequential deposition strategy has garnered widespread usage in the fabrication of high-performance perovskite solar cells based on FAPbI3. However, the rapid reaction between FAI and PbI2 during preparation often leads to incomplete reactions, reducing the device efficiency and stability. Herein, we introduced …

Enhancing the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells with CPMIMBF

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have attracted widespread attention due to their excellent photovoltaic performance. The two-step solution method for perovskite films offers ease of operation and reproducibility compared to the one-step solution method. However, the crystallization process of perovskite is difficult to control, resulting in low …

Thiourea-Assisted Facile Fabrication of High-Quality CsPbBr

Inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite solar cells have attracted widespread attention recently because of their decent efficiency and good ambient stability. Nevertheless, the fabrication of high-quality CsPbBr3 perovskite via the conventional solution-processing strategy still faces great challenges because the solubility of CsBr in …

Fine-Tuning the Dipole Moment of Asymmetric Non-Fullerene …

Modifying molecular conjugation has been demonstrated as an effective strategy to enhance the photovoltaic performance of the non-fullerene small molecule acceptors (SMAs), which would regulate the molecular packing and nanoscale morphology in the active layer of organic solar cells (OSCs). Here, two novel SMAs PTIC-4Cl and …

High-Entropy Perovskite as a High-Performing Chromium-Tolerant …

To achieve chromium tolerance and high performance, a new series of high-entropy perovskites (HEPs) are investigated as cathode materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Multiple rare-earth, alkaline-earth, and high-order transition metal elements are used for the A-site of this ABO3 structure. A pure phase is achieved through the …

Effects of Annealing Time on Triple Cation Perovskite Films and …

Cesium (Cs) contained triple-cation and mixed halide perovskite (CsFAMA) is broadly employed as light absorption layers for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) fabrication with high reproducibility. On the other hand, thermal annealing is a universal post-treatment method for perovskite films preparation. Moreover, thermal …

Revealing the Role of Methylammonium Chloride for Improving …

Layered perovskite films, composed of two-dimensional (2D) Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites (RPPs), show improved stability compared to their conventional three-dimensional (3D) counterparts in perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, 2D PSCs exhibit a lower power conversion efficiency (PCE), which has …

Producing ''green'' energy — literally — from living plant ''bio-solar cells''

But by collecting electrons naturally transported within plant cells, scientists can generate electricity as part of a "green," biological solar cell. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have, for the first time, used a succulent plant to create a living "bio-solar cell" that runs on photosynthesis.

Origin of Screen-Printed Metal Contact Losses in Crystalline Silicon ...

Crystalline silicon solar cells are considered mainstream products in the photovoltaic market. To further improve their performance, it is important to reduce recombination at the contact between metal electrodes and the Si surface because the state of the metal–Si interface affects the saturation current density J0.metal and open-circuit …

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells | Journal

Solar Cells, covering single crystal, polycrystalline and amorphous materials utilising homojunctions and heterojunctions, Schottky barriers, liquid junctions and their …

Synthesis of LiNiO2 at Moderate Oxygen Pressure and Long-Term ...

The widespread adoption of electric vehicles necessitates higher-energy-density and longer-life cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. LiNiO2 offers a higher energy density at a lower cost than other high-Ni-content cathodes containing additional transition-metal ions. However, detrimental phase transformations and impedance growth, resulting …

Interfacial Engineering of PTAA/Perovskites for Improved …

Inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained rapid progress and increasing research interest in recent years. The poly (triarylamine) (PTAA) is the most frequently used semiconductor in the hole-transporting layer (HTL) in inverted PSCs for its favorable highest occupied molecular orbital energy level (−5.2 eV), excellent carrier …

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Direct Surface Passivation of Perovskite Film by 4 ...

Passivating the defective surface of perovskite films is becoming a particularly effective approach to further boost the efficiency and stability of their solar cells. Organic ammonium halide salts are extensively utilized as passivation agents in the form of their corresponding 2D perovskites to construct the 2D/3D perovskite bilayer architecture …

Physicochemical Heterogeneity in Silicon Anodes from Cycled …

The severe capacity fade of lithium-ion cells with silicon-dominant anodes has hindered their widescale commercialization. In this work, we link cell capacity fade to the heterogeneous physicochemical evolution of silicon anodes during battery cycling. Through a multilength scale characterization approach, we demonstrate that silicon …

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Founded in 1967 by Michael A. McNeilly and others, Applied Materials went public in 1972. In subsequent years, the company diversified, until James C. Morgan became CEO in 1976 and returned the company''s focus to its core business of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. By 1978, sales increased by 17%. In 1984, Applied Materials became the first U.S. semiconductor equipment manufacturer to ope…

Hybrid Fullerene-Based Electron Transport Layers

The structure-dependent thermal stability of fullerene electron transport layers (ETLs) and its impact on device stability have been underrated for years. Based on cocrystallographic understanding, herein, we develop a …

Ultrathin Flexible Transparent Composite Electrode via Semi …

Ultraflexible organic solar cells (OSCs) with both high power conversion efficiency (PCE) and good mechanical robustness are still challenging, in which flexible transparent composite electrodes (FTCEs, substrate-cum-electrodes) play critical roles. Here, an ultrathin FTCE (∼9 μm) via semi-embedding a silver nanowire electrode in a …

Applied Materials Announces Breakthrough System to Drive the …

Advancing the state-of-the-art in cell manufacturing, the breakthrough Pegaso system delivers high yield and cell output - over 20 million solar cells per year - at the lowest …

Improved Air Stability for High-Performance FACsPbI

Despite the fact that perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are widely popular due to their superb power conversion efficiency (PCE), their further applications are still restricted by low stability and high-density defects. Especially, the weak binding and ion–electron properties of perovskite crystals make them susceptible to moisture attack under …