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Vasilopoulou M, Mohd Yusoff ARB, Nazeeruddin MK. Perovskite Materials and Perovskite Solar Cells. PRINTABLE MESOSCOPIC PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS 2023:137-165. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527834297.ch6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Jancik-Prochazkova A, Pumera M. Light-powered swarming phoretic antimony chalcogenide-based microrobots with "on-the-fly" photodegradation abilities. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:5726-5734. [PMID: 36866684 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00098b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Microrobots are at the forefront of research for biomedical and environmental applications. Whereas a single microrobot exhibits quite low performance in the large-scale environment, swarms of microrobots are representing a powerful tool in biomedical and environmental applications. Here, we fabricated phoretic Sb2S3-based microrobots that exhibited swarming behavior under light illumination without any addition of chemical fuel. The microrobots were prepared in an environmentally friendly way by reacting the precursors with bio-originated templates in aqueous solution in a microwave reactor. The crystalline Sb2S3 material provided the microrobots with interesting optical and semiconductive properties. Because of the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon light illumination, the microrobots possessed photocatalytic properties. To demonstrate the photocatalytic abilities, industrially used dyes, quinoline yellow and tartrazine were degraded using microrobots in the "on-the-fly" mode. Overall, this proof-of-concept work showed that Sb2S3 photoactive material is suitable for designing swarming microrobots for environmental remediation applications.
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- Anna Jancik-Prochazkova
- Center for Advanced Functional Nanorobots, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- Center for Advanced Functional Nanorobots, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Future Energy and Innovation Laboratory, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 656/123, 621 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 70800 Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, No. 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, Taichung, Taiwan 40402
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Yu W, Wu X, Cheng B, Tao T, Min X, Mi R, Huang Z, Fang M, Liu Y. Synthesis and Applications of SAPO-34 Molecular Sieves. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202102787. [PMID: 34961998 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Silicoaluminophosphate zeolite (SAPO-34) has been attracting increasing attention due to its excellent form selection and controllability in the chemical industry, as well as being one of the best industrial catalysts for methanol-to-olefin (MTO) reaction conversion. However, as a microporous molecular sieve, SAPO-34 easily generates carbon deposition and rapidly becomes inactivated. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the crystal size of the zeolite or to introduce secondary macropores into the zeolite crystal to form a hierarchical structure in order to improve the catalytic effect. In this review, the synthesis methods of conventional SAPO-34 molecular sieves, hierarchical SAPO-34 molecular sieves and nanosized SAPO-34 molecular sieves are introduced, and the properties of the synthesized SAPO-34 molecular sieves are described, including the phase, morphology, pore structure, acid source, and catalytic performance, in particular with respect to the synthesis of hierarchical SAPO-34 molecular sieves. We hope that the review can provide guidance to the preparation of the SAPO-34 catalysts, and stimulate the future development of high-performance hierarchical SAPO-34 catalysts to meet the growing demands of the material and chemical industries.
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- Wenhe Yu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Division of Environment Technology and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Materials Utilization of Nonmetallic Minerals and Solid Wastes, National Laboratory of Mineral Materials, School of Materials Science and Technology, China University of Geoscience (Beijing), 29 Xueyuan Road, 100083, Beijing, P. R. China
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Capitaine A, Sciacca B. Monocrystalline Methylammonium Lead Halide Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2102588. [PMID: 34652035 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202102588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lead halide perovskite solar cells have been gaining more and more interest. In only a decade, huge research efforts from interdisciplinary communities enabled enormous scientific advances that rapidly led to energy conversion efficiency near that of record silicon solar cells, at an unprecedented pace. However, while for most materials the best solar cells were achieved with single crystals (SC), for perovskite the best cells have been so far achieved with polycrystalline (PC) thin films, despite the optoelectronic properties of perovskite SC are undoubtedly superior. Here, by taking as example monocrystalline methylammonium lead halide, the authors elaborate the literature from material synthesis and characterization to device fabrication and testing, to provide with plausible explanations for the relatively low efficiency, despite the superior optoelectronics performance. In particular, the authors focus on how solar cell performance is affected by anisotropy, crystal orientation, surface termination, interfaces, and device architecture. It is argued that, to unleash the full potential of monocrystalline perovskite, a holistic approach is needed in the design of next-generation device architecture. This would unquestionably lead to power conversion efficiency higher than those of PC perovskites and silicon solar cells, with tremendous impact on the swift deployment of renewable energy on a large scale.
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- Anna Capitaine
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CINaM, Marseille, 13288, France
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Sektiono MWA, Permatasari FA, Aimon AH, Iskandar F. Rapid growth of the CH 3NH 3PbCl 3 single crystal by microwave irradiation. RSC Adv 2021; 11:1360-1366. [PMID: 35424102 PMCID: PMC8693545 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09328a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We report a rapid growth of the CH3NH3PbCl3 single crystal through microwave irradiation. A systematic evaluation of the structural and optical properties of the obtained single crystal was also conducted. 1 minute is the optimum microwave irradiation time that generated a large single crystal of dimension (5 × 5 × 2.5) mm3. The obtained crystal exhibits broad absorption in UV range and near-visible light luminescence under UV excitation with an optical bandgap around 2.8 eV. A fast and simple synthesis method of CH3NH3PbCl3 single crystal with these outstanding properties could be potentially applied for any optoelectronic application with scale-up production.
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- Moch Wisnu Arif Sektiono
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institut Teknologi Bandung Bandung 40132 Indonesia
- PSDKU Kediri-Politeknik Negeri Malang Kediri 64114 Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institut Teknologi Bandung Bandung 40132 Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institut Teknologi Bandung Bandung 40132 Indonesia
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institut Teknologi Bandung Bandung 40132 Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology Bandung 40132 Indonesia
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