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Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council Consolidator Grants

31 Jan 2023
Eight researchers from the University of Cambridge have won European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants
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Electric car charging

Watching lithium in real time could improve performance of EV battery materials

14 Oct 2022
Researchers have found that the irregular movement of lithium ions in next-generation battery materials could be reducing their capacity and hindering...
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Laboratory setup with lasers

Researchers identify and clear efficiency hurdle for organic solar cells

29 Sep 2021
Researchers have identified a key mechanism responsible for the lower efficiencies of organic solar cells and shown a way that this hurdle might be...
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Low-cost imaging technique shows how smartphone batteries could charge in minutes

23 Jun 2021
Researchers have developed a simple lab-based technique that allows them to look inside lithium-ion batteries and follow lithium ions moving in real...
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Spin, an intrinsic property of electrons, is related to the dynamics of electrons excited as a result of singlet fission – a process which could be used to extract energy in future solar cell technologies.

Researchers road-test powerful method for studying singlet fission

17 Oct 2016
In a new study, researchers measure the spin properties of electronic states produced in singlet fission – a process which could have a central role...
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Pentacene molecules convert a single photon into two molecular excitations via the quantum mechanics of singlet fission

Entanglement at heart of 'two-for-one' fission in next-generation solar cells

26 Oct 2015
The mechanism behind a process known as singlet fission, which could drive the development of highly efficient solar cells, has been directly observed...
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"Green Power". While conventional solar cells use silicon, it is possible that other materials could eventually be used that would increase their efficiency.

Scientists move closer to “two for one deal” on solar cell efficiency

16 Mar 2015
The causes of a hitherto mysterious process that could enhance the power of solar cells have been explained in a new study.
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When light is absorbed in pentacene, the generated singlet excitons rapidly undergo fission into pairs of triplets that can be efficiently transfered onto inorganic nanocrystals.

Hybrid materials could smash the solar efficiency ceiling

09 Oct 2014
A new method for transferring energy from organic to inorganic semiconductors could boost the efficiency of widely used inorganic solar cells.
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This is the experimental setup used to generate femtosecond laser pulses which serve as an ultrafast "flash " for the camera so that very rapid phenomenon can be filmed

Quantum waves at the heart of organic solar cells

12 Dec 2013
Researchers have been able to tune ‘coherence’ in organic nanostructures due to the surprise discovery of wavelike electrons in organic materials...
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