Headline: Computational method discovers hundreds of new ceramics for extreme environments
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: Duke University
■ Keywords: ceramics, entropy, enthalpy
■ Abstract:
If you have a deep-seated, nagging worry over dropping your phone in molten lava, you're in luck. Materials scientists have developed a method for rapidly discovering a new class of materials with heat and electronic tolerances so rugged that they that could enable devices to function at several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit.
Headline: Non-toxic quantum dots pave the way towards CMOS shortwave infrared image sensors for consumer electronics
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
■ Keywords: sensor, metal, semiconductor
■ Abstract:
Researchers have fabricated a new high-performance shortwave infrared (SWIR) image sensor based on non-toxic colloidal quantum dots. They report on a new method for synthesizing functional high-quality non-toxic colloidal quantum dots integrable with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology.
Headline: Functional semiconductor made from graphene
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: Georgia Institute of Technology
■ Keywords: graphene, semiconductor, silicon
■ Abstract:
Researchers have created the first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics.
Headline: Researchers boost signal amplification in perovskite nanosheets
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: Pusan National University
■ Keywords: perovskite, solar cell, nanosheets
■ Abstract:
Perovskite nanosheets show distinctive characteristics with significant applications in science and technology. In a recent study, researchers achieved enhanced signal amplification in CsPbBr3 perovskite nanosheets with a unique waveguide pattern, which enhanced both gain and thermal stability. These advancements carry wide-ranging implications for laser, sensor, and solar cell applications, and can potentially influence areas like environmental monitoring, industrial processes, and healthcare.
Headline: Nature-inspired advanced materials achieves 99.6% solar reflectivity
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
■ Keywords: solar, reflectivity, ceramic
■ Abstract:
Scientific researchers draw inspiration from nature's brilliance as they seek to develop transformative solutions to unresolved challenges.
Headline: Better microelectronics from coal
■ Release Date: 2024.1.3
■ Published by: University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
■ Keywords: coal, semiconductor, carbon
■ Abstract:
Coal is an abundant resource in the United States that has, unfortunately, contributed to climate change through its use as a fossil fuel. As the country transitions to other means of energy production, it will be important to consider and reevaluate coal's economic role. Coal may actually play a vital role in next-generation electronic devices.
Headline: High-performance stretchable solar cells
■ Release Date: 2024.1.4
■ Published by: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
■ Keywords: solar cells, polymer, photovoltaic
■ Abstract:
Engineers have succeeded in implementing a stretchable organic solar cell by applying a newly developed polymer material that demonstrated the world's highest photovoltaic conversion efficiency (19%) while functioning even when stretched for more than 40% of its original state. This new conductive polymer has high photovoltaic properties that can be stretched like rubber. The newly developed polymer is expected to play a role as a power source for next-generation wearable electronic devices.