Thin-film light absorbers are fabricated using an inkjet printer, and show power-conversion efficiencies of about 6.4%.
Lisa Smith
Polymer Thermoelectrics
New polymer-inorganic semiconductor composite breaks the record for n-type conducting polymers.
Advanced Optical Materials – July Issue Covers
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Advanced Optical Materials – June Issue Covers
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Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Persistent Toxic Substances
Impedance spectroscopy allows sensitive, simple, cheap devices for the quantitative detection of persistent toxic pollutants.
Directional Filters Using Terahertz Metamaterials
Adjusting the unit cell of a terahertz metamaterial relative to the diffraction order of its superlattice creates ultrahigh angular sensitivity.
Neurophotonics: In Pursuit of an Inorganic Brain
Mimicking the ultra-efficient organic human brain using inorganic structures is brought a step closer to reality with metal-sulphide microfibers.
Simplified Fabrication Improves Stibnite Solar Cell Efficiency
Research into solar cell materials has shown that stibnite synthesis is fast and cheap, and can be easily scaled up, critical for industrial applications.
Advanced Optical Materials – May Issue Covers
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Shape Control of Metallic Nanoparticles: Au–Ni–ZnO Nanoflowers
Metallic and semiconductor elements combined to create these lovely flower-like nanoparticles by researchers collaborating across China and Australia.