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perovskite

perovskite

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A mineral or man-made material with a crystal structure that people use in solar cells and electronics
  • noun
  • /pəˈrɒv.skaɪt/
  • Specialized
: perovskita
  • In fact, recently Lioz Etgar, Michael Grtzel, and their coworkers showed that the (CH3NH3)PbI3 perovskite works well simply sandwiched between TiO2 and gold contacts, that is, without a specific hole conductor.
  • halide perovskite
  • hybrid perovskite
  • perovskite solar

So it's a very, very useful way of using particularly perovskite.

Examples

  • Usually it's very difficult to grow crystals that you can use and so a very common use of perovskite is in the form of ceramics.

  • The unique properties of perovskite make it ideal for use in next-generation electronic devices.

  • It seems that solid cells, especially those based on perovskites, offer great potential for further development.

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  • And when we put the perovskite on top of course the sigs goes down because a lot of the photons are absorbed in the perovskite.

  • It seems that the absorber perovskite layer on an insulating scaffold is sufficient to provide this power conversion efficiency without the need for additional electron transport material.

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  • Meanwhile, Miyasaka joined forces with Henry Snaith, a young but tough-pushing DSC scientist at Oxford, and they reported a 10.7% efficiency based on the perovskite, but without TiO2!

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  • Researchers are studying how perovskite materials can improve the efficiency of solar panels.

  • Scientists are excited about the potential of perovskite in revolutionizing solar energy technology.

Surface Forms

perovskite singular
perovskites plural

Morphology

perovskite = Perovski (semi-transparent) = perovsk + ite

The suffix '-ite' signals a mineral/material class (helpful), but the base is a proper name and does not convey the material's properties, so meaning is only partially inferable.

Etymology

Perovskite is named after a Russian scientist, Count Perovski, and the ending -ite is a common mineral ending that means 'stone', so the name began as 'Perovski's stone' and now refers to the mineral and materials with the same crystal structure.