A team of physicists at the University of Texas at Dallas have gained a better understanding of the fundamental properties of perovskite crystals.
Phys.org explained that this class of materials has “great potential” for use as solar cells and light emitters. This new research, which was published in Nature Communications earlier this year, explored perovskite crystals at a quantum level and challenges existing models of their behaviour.
Dr Anton Malko, associate professor of physics in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and corresponding author of the paper, explained why it’s important to improve our understanding of this material.
“Our enhanced understanding of the physics of perovskites will help determine how they are best used,” he asserted.
The news provider noted that there has been relatively little research conducted on perovskites, compared to other materials such as silicon solar cells.
Dr Malko pointed out that although less research has been conducted in this area, there is evidence that “perovskites already exceed the top efficiency achieved with silicon”.
Meanwhile, PV Magazine reported that scientists in Russia have discovered a two-dimensional titanium carbide that has the ability to improve how halide perovskite solar cells perform.
In order to do this, this titanium carbide needs to be applied in microscopic amounts over the various cell layers. The researchers found that this can lead to an improvement in performance of as much as 25 per cent in perovskite solar cells.
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