Flexoelectricity in Photoconversion: Fundamentals, Materials, and Outlooks
Mechanical bending of a flexible cantilever induces a strain gradient in the photoactive material. The resulting flexoelectric field couples with photovoltaic and photoconductive effects, modulating charge generation, separation, and collection. A comparative analysis of oxide perovskites, halide perovskites, and two‐dimensional materials is presented,
Xiang Huang, Feng Li, Rongkun Zheng
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Self-assembled monolayers as emerging hole-selective layers enable high-performance thin-film solar cells. [PDF]
Li M +5 more
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Photonic‐Enabled Energy‐Efficient Transparent Neuromorphic Computing Devices: A Review
Transparent photonic neuromorphic computing devices merge optics and brain‐inspired computing to overcome von Neumann bottlenecks with ultrafast, low‐energy processing. By exploiting transparent oxides, 2D materials, phase‐change materials, and hybrid heterostructures, these platforms enable photonic synapses, memory, and logic for see‐through edge ...
Shuvaraj Ghosh +8 more
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20%-efficient polycrystalline Cd(Se,Te) thin-film solar cells with compositional gradient near the front junction. [PDF]
Li DB +13 more
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Halide Perovskite: A Rich Source of Thermal Insulator
Halide perovskites exhibit ultralow thermal conductivity driven by intrinsic lattice softness and strong anharmonicity, falling below conventional defect‐engineering limits. Weak metavalent bonding, A‐site rattling, and dynamic octahedral tilting drive phonon scattering to the Ioffe–Regel limit, where wave‐like tunneling replaces particle‐like ...
Haolin Ye +3 more
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Asymmetric tandem organic solar cells [PDF]
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) is an area that has attracted much attention recently as a potential low cost, sustainable source of energy with a good potential for full-scale commercialisation.
Howells, Thomas J.
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Optimization strategies for crystal orientation in antimony-based chalcogenide thin-film solar cells. [PDF]
Chen X +6 more
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Thermally Evaporated Copper Iodide Hole-Transporter for Stable CdS/CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells. [PDF]
Thivakarasarma T +4 more
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Ferroelectric Catalysts in the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Perspective
This perspective summarizes recent advances in ferroelectric (FE) catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). It first introduces HER fundamentals and FE mechanisms, then classifies FE catalysts into single‐phase, single‐atom‐modified, heterostructured, and other engineered types, with representative examples.
Rongxuan Lu +6 more
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