These crystals of lead iodide formed from a mixture of lead nitrate and potassium iodide. Yiping Zhang, of Xiamen University prepared the fine, flaky crystals by mixing the reagents in boiling water ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Near-infrared (NIR) photodetectors play a significant role in many aspects of research and daily life such as in astronomical observation, telecommunications, and medical/chemical ...

Though different fabrication approaches exist, two-step deposition is one of the main experimental techniques now used to make efficient, stable PSCs, especially on the industrial scale. The process ...

An international research team has fabricated a perovskite solar cell that reportedly shows lower non-radiative recombination and defect state density. “Our study introduces an innovative lead iodide ...