Highlights with ‘perovskite’

Atomistic effects of halide mixing in all-inorganic halide perovskites

Metal halide perovskites have emerged as highly promising materials for optoelectronic applications, showcasing exceptional properties that make them ideal candidates for solar cells and light-emitting diodes. State-of-the-art perovskite compositions often involve the mixing of diverse...

Parametrizing GFN1-xTB for hybrid perovskites

Halide perovskites are promising materials for optoelectronic applications in solar cell devices due to their excellent optoelectronic performance. However, they suffer from several dynamical degradation problems, which are difficult to characterize. Atomistic simulations can provide...

Understanding halide perovskite solution chemistry

Solution synthesis is one of the most commonly employed method to prepare metal-halide perovskites for optoelectronic applications. A controlled perovskite growth from solution is crucial to obtain high quality materials and requires a deep understanding...

Halide perovskites: efficient & accurate DFTB simulations

The fundamental understanding of the material properties of metal halide perovskites is critical to improving the stability and efficiency of future solar cells devices. Computational simulations have been proven to be a valuable tool to...

Insights into the instabilities of halide perovskite with ReaxFF

Halide perovskites have attracted enormous attention over the recent years. The combination of their high conversion efficiencies, low production costs, and ease of fabrication make them ideal candidates for use in solar cell technology. Despite...

Microstructure of doped lead halide perovskites from solid-state NMR

Multi-component lead halide perovskites have recently emerged as new promising materials for solar cells and light emitting devices. Essential to their remarkable performance is the notion of doping with inorganic and organic cations such as...

Understanding Band Structures – “Mirrors of Bonding” in Perovskite Crystals

Band structures are a widely used tool in solid state physics and materials science to analyze the electronic structure of crystalline materials. However, the band structure of materials relevant for actual applications are often rather...